Galloway House, Garlieston

Name: Galloway House
Address: Garlieston, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Garlieston

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park, Vernacular architecture

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Galloway House is a Category A listed country house in Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. ()

Created: 1740Elevation: 72 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°46'46"N, 4°22'2"W

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Garlieston United Kingdom

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Galloway House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cairnholy, Carsluith Castle, Sorbie Tower, Cruggleton Castle.

6 miN
Ruins, Archaeological site
Cairnholy, Creetown
152 min walk • Cairnholy is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland. The name Cairnholy represents Gaelic *Càrn na h-ulaidhe ‘cairn of the stone tomb’.
5.6 miN
Ruins, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Carsluith Castle, Wigtown Bay
143 min walk • Carsluith Castle is a ruined tower house, dating largely to the 16th century. It is located beside Wigtown Bay in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, Scotland, around 4.8 kilometres south east of Creetown.
2 miNW
Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Ruins
Sorbie Tower, Garlieston
52 min walk • Sorbie Tower is a fortified tower house 1 mile east of the village of Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The ancient seat of the Clan Hannay, it is in an L-shaped format, rubble-built in the late sixteenth century, possibly by Patrick Hannay.
1.6 miS
Forts and castles
Cruggleton Castle, Garlieston
41 min walk • Cruggleton Castle is a multi-period archaeological site on the coast of the Machars, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in south-west Scotland.
5.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ravenshall Wood
135 min walk • Ravenshall Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, located 5 kilometres east of Creetown in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in southwest Scotland. It is on the lower part of the Kirkdale Estate. It is rich in lichens. It is largely oak woodland.
4 miW
54°45'41"N • 4°27'45"W
Swallow Theatre, Whithorn
102 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
5.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Barholm Castle
138 min walk • Barholm Castle is a tower house located 5 miles south-west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. The tower dates back to the late 15th century, and it was a stronghold of a branch of the MacCulloch family.
6.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Baldoon Castle
156 min walk • Baldoon Castle was a 16th-century castle about 1.5 miles south west of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of the river Bladnoch.
4.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Rispain Camp
115 min walk • Rispain Camp is the remains of a fortified farmstead 1 mile west of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is one of the major Iron Age archaeological sites in Scotland. The property is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. Access is through a farm off the A746 South of Whithorn.