Dark Galloway

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Adventures in a historic landscape. Dark tales and photography from Northern Britain. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NorthernBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NorthernBritain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Galloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Galloway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/legend" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#legend</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#folklore</a>

Posts

Post #4369762
Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell and has remained the home of Maxwells since, until now. The house and the estate is currently listed for sale. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #4270318
The burial ground at Inch Old Kirk, near Castle Kennedy. There has been a church here since the medieval period, until it was abandoned in 1861. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #4105032
Calanais Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography
Post #4082297
A stone eagle in the grounds of Monreith House. The (double headed) eagle is featured on the Maxwells of Monreith's coat of arms. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3985376
Mist and twisted trees at the edge of the woods. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3928864
Drumtroddan Standing Stones in Galloway. One of the first sites to be donated into state care following the 1882 Ancient Monuments Act, by Herbert Maxwell. A stone fell a few years ago, leaving just a single one remaining. Historic Environment Scotland have decided against restoring the fallen stone, declaring the money better spent elsewhere. This isn't state care, it is managed decline. What would Herbert Maxwell think now? #StandingStoneSunday #Scotland
Post #3877678
Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell and has remained the home of Maxwells since, until now. The house and the estate is currently listed for sale. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3802711
Kirk Oswald, near Maybole in Ayrshire, named after Oswald of Northumbria. Amazing that this church contains the baptismal font of Robert the Bruce. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #history
Post #3754756
A pair of small standing stones at the Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic boulder and aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland
Post #3734386
Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell and has remained the home of Maxwells since, until now. The house and the estate is currently listed for sale. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3397524
Greenan Castle, near Ayr. The ruin of a 15/16th C tower house, on the site of a previous motte and bailey and promontory fort. Tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland
Post #3365396
Sunrise at The Druid's Seat, West Nab. Happy Summer Solstice. #StandingStoneSunday
Post #3315433
Drumtroddan Standing Stones. This old feller is the last stone standing in what was once a row of 4, possibly 5 stones, pointing towards the Galloway Hills in the east. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland
Post #3224319
The Old Place of Monreith (AKA Dowies and the House of the Moure), built by the Maxwells c.1600 and their home before buying Myrton Castle from the McCullochs. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3162015
The Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic accompanied by a pair of small standing stones, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland
Post #3069845
Lockerbie. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #SouthernScotland
Post #3069844
Carscreugh Castle, near Glen Luce. The home of the Dalrymples before Inch Castle at Castle Kennedy and possible scene for the infamous event surrounding the tale of The Bride of Baldoon. Read the full story: https://darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/05/29/the-bride-of-baldoon/ #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History
Post #3069843
The dark ruins of Torthorwald Castle squat on the horizon, framed by foreboding clouds. A 14th century tower house, on the site of a 12th century motte and bailey predecessor. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland
Post #3069842
Low tide at Auchenmalg Bay, once rife with smugglers. Barracks were built on the hillside overlooking the beach during the 18th century to combat illegal trade along this coast. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History
Post #3069841
Kirk Oswald, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Named after Oswald of Northumbria, who supposedly won a battle here during the 7th C. The church contains the baptismal font of Robert the Bruce. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #history
Post #3069840
A pair of small standing stones beside the Wren&#39;s Egg, a glacial erratic, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland
Post #3069839
A twisted hawthorn tree at the Crook of Baldoon, looking out over the salt marsh of Wigtown Bay. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3069838
The Maze at Gelston Castle as the sun sinks towards the horizon. Completed c.1805 by William Douglas (a plantation owner, rumoured to have amassed his fortune by privateering), near Castle Douglas in Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3069837
Labyrinth near to the ruins of Dunure Castle, Ayrshire. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland
Post #3069836
The dark ruins of Torthorwald Castle. A 14th century tower house, on the site of a 12th century motte and bailey predecessor. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland
Post #3069835
Drumtroddan Standing Stones. The name means the ridge of the skirmish or quarrel. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland
Post #3069834
Monreith House, built by William Maxwell in 1791 and currently in the news due to its impending sale and auction of its contents. A great shame this could not have been saved for the good of the region. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #3069833
Inch Parish Church, near Castle Kennedy, Galloway. A Neo-Gothic, mid 19th century for the old church on the shore of the White Loch. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #2573613
A twisted hawthorn tree at the Crook of Baldoon, looking out over the salt marsh of Wigtown Bay. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Post #2573611
Beside the seaside! #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland