Arkleton
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Arkleton Steading with Arkleton House and Arkleton Hill behind
Arkleton is a mansion and estate in the civil parish of Ewes, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Arkleton House was built in 1860/1884 and incorporates stone from Arkleton tower which stood nearby for 300 years until the early 19th Century.[1] It was the home of Dorothy and Walter Scott-Elliot who were murdered by their butler in 1977. The estate includes the 521m peak of Arkleton Hill which is part of the Langholm – Newcastleton Hills Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Protection Area.
The Arkleton Trust was founded in 1977 “to study new approaches to rural development and education”.[2] It was named after Arkleton which was the home of its founder John Higgs and used for seminars in the early days of the charity.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Arkleton from the Gazetteer for Scotland".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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Farmland to the east of Arkleton
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