Arbigland, Dumfries

#8 among attractions in Dumfries

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Arbigland Estate in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lies on the coast of the Solway Firth, to the south-east of Kirkbean. It is the birthplace of John Paul Jones, the founder of the US Navy. There is a birthplace museum in the cottage where he was born, donated by the Blackett family to the John Paul Jones Museum Trust in 1997. ()

Coordinates: 54°54'5"N, 3°34'37"W

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Arbigland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caerlaverock Castle, Sweetheart Abbey, Southerness lighthouse, John Paul Jones Cottage Museum.

5.5 miN
Unique triangular medieval fortress
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries
142 min walk • Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
5.7 miN
Ruins, Historical place, Architecture
Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries
145 min walk • The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles south of Dumfries.
2.1 miS
Lighthouse
Southerness lighthouse
54 min walk • Southerness lighthouse is located at the village of Southerness in South West Scotland. It is at present the second oldest lighthouse in Scotland.
~1190 ftSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
John Paul Jones Cottage Museum
6 min walk • The John Paul Jones Cottage Museum is located on the Arbigland Estate near Kirkbean in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The cottage is where John Paul Jones, hero of the American Revolutionary War and founder of the United States Navy, was born in 1747.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Criffel
88 min walk • Criffel is a hill in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is 570 m high but appears higher because of its great isolation and high prominence.
4.5 miW
Forts and castles
Auchenskeoch Castle
115 min walk • Auchenskeoch Tower is a 17th-century tower house situated in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is near Dalbeattie in the civil parish of Colvend and Southwick, in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire.

Arbigland, Dumfries

Facts and practical information

Arbigland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries

Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries

Southerness lighthouse

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum

Criffel

Auchenskeoch Castle