PHOTOGRAPHS

PHOTOGRAPHS

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If you are interested in other areas around Dumfries and Galloway, there is an excellent CD-ROM available through the Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society. The CD was prepared by Sandy Pittendreigh for the Society. It consists of 6,000 images from all over the region. The CD costs 20 pounds (or about $32.00) and is well worth the price. If you are interested in buying this CD, go to http://www.dgfhs.org.uk and click on Publications.

Holmains Tower, Dumfries, Scotland

Nothing remains of tower itself except for structures that were built using the stones -- the now-abandoned manor house, a cowshed, various stone walls -- and a small pile of stones on the site. However, the site itself is beautiful.

The road across the farmland towards the site. The pile of stones that mark the actual position of the tower. Looking westward from the tower site. Looking eastward from the tower site. Looking down the slope eastward of the tower site. Looking along the crest of the ridge where the tower sat. Across the moor. Across the moor. The remains of Holmains manor on a hill beyond the tower site.

Comlongon Castle, Dumfries, Scotland

The castle is one of the few to be still standing on the borders. Most of them were destroyed by Robert the Bruce to prevent them from being used by the English on one of their frequent invasions of the Lowlands. Today most of them look like Mouswald Tower or Torthorwald Tower, mere fragments of what they once were. In the 19th century, a country house was added to it, since the comforts of the castle are rather limited. It is now a hotel which specializes in weddings with lovely grounds and the option of having the ceremony in the great hall of the castle.

The entrance to the country house side of the castle. The castle and country house from the garden side. The castle from the garden. The parapet on the right is the one from which Marion Carruthers is said to have fallen to her death.