Hotels in Dumfries and Galloway


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About Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. To the north it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. It lies to the north of the Solway Firth and to the east of the Irish Sea.

Dumfries and Galloway covers the traditional counties of Wigtownshire (in the west), Kirkcudbrightshire (centre) and Dumfriesshire (in the east). Together Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire are referred to as Galloway.

The Galloway part of the region is made up of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, the Machars and the Rhins. The Dumfries part includes the Inner Solway and the county of Dumfriesshire. The term 'Dumfries and Galloway' has been used since at latest the 19th century - by 1911 the three counties had a united Sheriffdom under that name.


Caerlaverock Castle

Caerlaverock Castle

Caerlaverock Castle is a 13th century triangular moated castle in the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve area at the Solway Firth, south of Dumfries in the south of Scotland. The castle is in the care of Historic Scotland, but in the Middle Ages it was owned by the Maxwell family. Being very close to the border with England, it had to be defended several times against English forces. One such occasion was the Siege of Caerlaverock of 1300 by Edward I of England. After a siege in 1640, the south wall and tower were demolished and remain so to this day. About 2 miles to the east is the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Reserve WWT Caerlaverock. Both the Castle and the WWT reserve are within the Caerlaverock NNR - National Nature Reserve.

   

Sweetheart Abbey

Sweetheart Abbey

Sweetheart Abbey, 8 miles south of Dumfries, near to the Nith in south-west Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1275 by Lady Devorgilla, daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, in memory of her husband John de Balliol. His embalmed heart, in a casket of ivory and silver, was buried alongside her when she died - giving the monastery its name. The depradations suffered by the Abbey in subsequent periods, have caused both the graves to be lost. The abbey was founded as a daughter house to the Abbey in Dundrennan, so is sometimes also known as New Abbey, which name is given to the picturesque village which stands next to the ruins today.

 

 

 

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