Some of the aircraft on show at the superb Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum. The museum occupies the control tower and surrounding area of what was once RAF Dumfries, two miles north-east of the centre of Dumfries. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/aviationmuseum/index.html
The view over the River Nith and Dumfries projected onto a circular table by the camera obscura at the superb Dumfries Museum. Even to modern eyes used to moving colour images the effect this creates is startling and slightly magical. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/museum/index.html
Part of the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle north of Dumfries, mainland Scotland’s largest stone circle. The eleven stones (there would originally have been eighteen) form a slightly "squashed" circle about 86m in diameter. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/twelveapostles/index.html
Greyfriars Street, Dumfries. Adjoining Buccleuch Street by the mid-19th century former United Presbyterian church. Close to the site where Greyfriars once stood, where Robert the Bruce killed John Comyn. There is history around every corner!
This small collection of old stones are all that remains of the chapel of Christopher Seton, an ally of The Bruce who was executed on this spot in 1306. Found during the building of this impressive gothic church in 1837.
St Mary's Church, Dumfries. Hard to believe now, but this was once the site of the town's gallows. Christopher Seton, an ally and brother-in-law of The Bruce was executed here and his widow raised a chapel to his memory.
St Michael's and South Parish Church, Dumfries. The current church dates from 1741-46, but stands on the site of much older churches, maybe going back as far as the 8th century.
Haaf Netting on the River Nith at Glencaple near Dumfries. Haaf net fishing, once a common sight on the Solway estuary was a traditional method of Salmon fishing supposedly introduced by the Vikings which involved standing in the tidal current and waiting for the fish to swim into the net.
The impressive Devorgilla Bridge crossing the River Nith in Dumfries, one of the oldest standing bridges in Scotland. It was built in its current form to repair or replace a bridge from the 1430s that was partly destroyed in 1620/1. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/devorgillabridge/index.html