Scheduled monuments in Dumfries and Galloway

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A scheduled monument in Scotland is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. The aim of scheduling is to preserve the country's most significant sites and monuments as far as possible in the form in which they have been inherited.[1]

The process of scheduling is governed by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which aims "to make provision for the investigation, preservation and recording of matters of archaeological or historical interest". The term "scheduled monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites which have been deliberately constructed by human activity but are not always visible above ground. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars. Some buildings or structures which were both scheduled and listed have had their listing designations removed to reduce the duplication.

In 2017 there were 8238 scheduled monuments in Scotland.

Notable Scheduled Monuments in Dumfries and Galloway[]

Name Location Description Ref No Image
Little Hartfell Stone Circle Hutton And Corrie Remains of Neolithic/Bronze Age stone circle SM636 Whitcastles Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 2165337.jpg
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle Holywood Prehistoric stone circle SM641 Twelve Apostles Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 385556.jpg
Burnswark Hill Hoddom Traces of fort and Roman camps SM667 At the western edge of Birrens (Blatobulgium) Roman Fort - geograph.org.uk - 2177289.jpg
Auchen Castle Moffat Remains of Auchen Castle SM683 Auchen Castle.jpg
Crichton Peel and Sanquhar Castle Sanquhar Ruined castle SM687 Sanquhar Castle with motte, Nithsdale, Scotland.jpg
Mote of Annan Annan Traces of 12th-century motte and bailey castle SM702
Repentance Tower Hoddom Remains of an intact, roofed 17th-century watchtower SM706 Repentance Tower - geograph.org.uk - 31412.jpg
Tibbers Castle Penpont Remains of motte-and-bailey castle SM711 The motte at Tibbers Castle.jpg
Dumfries Old Bridge (Devorgilla Bridge) Dumfries Rebuilt 15th century bridge SM715 Devorgilla Bridge (c. 15th Century)- Dumfries - geograph.org.uk - 194537.jpg
Cairnderry chambered cairn Minnigaff Remains of cairn SM1007 Cairnderry chambered cairn - geograph.org.uk - 464456.jpg
Glenquicken stone circle (Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle) Kirkmabreck Remains of prehistoric stone circle SM1023 Stone Circle south of Old Military Road - geograph.org.uk - 1290115.jpg
High Banks Farm, cup and ring marks Kirkcudbright Cup and ring marked rocks SM1028 Cup and ring markings - geograph.org.uk - 793177.jpg
Trusty's Hill Anwoth Fort and symbol stones SM1100 Pictish Symbols at Trustys Hill (geograph 4371317).jpg
Buittle Old Kirk Buittle Ruined church SM1108 Buittle Old Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 225429.jpg
Buittle Castle Buittle Remains of medieval Balliol castle SM1115 Buittle Castle - geograph.org.uk - 718206.jpg
Castle Haven dun Borgue Restored dun SM1116 Castle Haven, Borgue.jpg
Plunton Castle Borgue 16th-century tower house SM1129 Plunton Castle (geograph 4888980).jpg
Doon Castle Broch Stoneykirk, Rhins of Galloway Remains of an iron-age broch (fortified roundhouse) SM1970 Doon Castle Broch 20100925 from south.jpg
Portpatrick old parish kirk Portpatrick Roofless church with round tower SM2008 Portpatrick - St Andrew's Auld Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 225434.jpg
Dunskey Castle Portpatrick Ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house SM2017 Dunskey Castle - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg
Galdenoch Castle Leswalt Ruined tower-house SM2018 Galdenoch Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1708980.jpg
Old Tower of Sorbie Sorbie Ruined 16th-century tower-house SM2024 Sorbie Tower - geograph.org.uk - 593753.jpg
Kirkcudbright Castle (MacLellan's Castle) Kirkcudbright Ruined 16th century castle SM2459 MacLellan's Castle exterior 2 August 2013.jpg
Cruggleton Castle Sorbie Remains of medieval castle SM3811 Cruggleton Castle.jpg
Edingham Castle Dalbeattie Ruined tower-house SM6412 Edingham Castle - geograph.org.uk - 906438.jpg
Soulseat Abbey Inch, Wigtownshire Mound and gravestones marking site of abbey on promontary in Soulseat Loch SM7426
Kenmure Castle Kells Ruined 16th- and 17th-century courtyard house of the Gordons of Lochinvar SM7743 Kenmure Castle - geograph.org.uk - 690489.jpg
Girthon Old Kirk Roofless 17th-century church SM7868 Girthon Church, Galloway - geograph.org.uk - 464862.jpg
Cumstoun Castle Twynholm Remains of 16th-century castle SM8263 River Dee at Cumstoun (geograph 3872428).jpg
Dalton Old Parish Church Dalton Remains of Dalton old parish church SM8676 Dalton Old Parish Church & Graveyard (geograph 4113427).jpg
Auchenskeock Castle Colvend and Southwick, near Dalbeattie 17th-century tower house SM10434 Auchenskeoch ( Castle Farm ).jpg
Whithorn Priory Whithorn Rremains of a large early historic monastic settlement SM12992 St Ninian's Priory - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg
Barsalloch Fort Mochrum Traces of prehistoric fort SM90030 Barsalloch Fort 20080423 ditch.jpg
Caerlaverock Castles (Old and New) Caerlaverock Ruined castles SM90046 0707-02-05914-01 GreatBritain CaerlaverockCastle.jpg
Cairn Holy I Kirkmabreck Chambered cairn SM90049 Cairn Holy, Galloway.JPG
Cairn Holy II Kirkmabreck Chambered cairn SM90050 Cairn Holy II chambered cairn.JPG
Cardoness Castle Anwoth Ruined tower house SM90058 Cardoness Castle 20080422 01.jpg
Carsluith Castle Kirkmabreck Ruined L-plan tower-house SM90062 Carsluith Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1733954.jpg
Drumcoltran Tower Kirkgunzeon 16th century tower-house SM90100 Drumcoltran Tower.JPG
Drumtroddan cup markings Mochrum Cup and ring-marked rocks SM90101 Cup and ring marked rocks near Drumtroddan farm - geograph.org.uk - 88204.jpg
Drumtroddan standing stones Mochrum 3 standing stones SM90102 Drumtroddan Standing Stones 20100925.jpg
Dundrennan Abbey Dundrennan Ruined 12th-century abbey SM90114 Dundrennan Abbey 2012 (1).jpg
Glenluce Abbey Old Luce Ruined 12th century Cistercian abbey SM90153 Glenluce Abbey.jpg
Kirkmadrine Church Stoneykirk Old parish church of Kirkmadrine and early gravestones SM90192 Kirkmadrine Church - geograph.org.uk - 263127.jpg
Lincluden Collegiate Church Terregles, near Dumfries Remains of a Collegiate Church SM90200 Lincluden Abbey Dumfries Scotland.jpg
Lochmaben Castle Lochmaben Ruined 13th/14th-century peel and castle SM90205 Lochmaben Castle - geograph.org.uk - 115648.jpg
Orchardton Tower Buittle Remains of late 15th-century circular tower house SM90233 Orchardton tower september 2006.jpg
Rispain Camp Whithorn Earthworks of late Iron Age fort SM90248 Rispain Camp panorama.jpg
Sweetheart Abbey New Abbey Remains of 13th-century Cistercian Abbey SM90293 Sweetheart Abbey Bill3.jpg
Threave Castle Balmaghie Remains of 14th century tower-house SM90301 Threave Castle - geograph.org.uk - 950464.jpg
Torhouse Stone Circle Wigtown Prehistoric stone circle SM90304 Torhouse Stone Circle 20080423.jpg
Wren's Egg Glasserton, Wigtownshire Standing stones SM90316

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References[]

  1. ^ "What is scheduling?". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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