Great exhibition to be part of at Gracefield Art Center, Dumfries. A fascinating exhibition to see how ceramic and visual artists worked together exploring common themes and ideas in each other’s work, on until May 2nd 2026.

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The intriguing 4.9m or 16ft high Ae Totem Pole, which was erected in 2007 in the briefly named and consonant-free village of Ae in Dumfries & Galloway. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ae/totempole/index.html

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Cairnderry, chambered cairn: chambered cairn in Dumfries and Galloway.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM1007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairnderry_chambered_cairn

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Cairnderry chambered cairn - Wikipedia

Old football leagues:
Wigtown & Bladnoch F.C. played in the Southern Counties League
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigtown_%26_Bladnoch_F.C%2E

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Wigtown & Bladnoch F.C. - Wikipedia

Busy day, filling raised beds with sheep wool, sheep manure, sifting soil from a spoil heap following recent drain work and finally a layer of compost on top. We will be planting strawberries in the first bed :-) Yum.

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753 years ago today. Lady Devorgilla of Galloway founded Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries on 10 April 1273, as a symbol of her love for her husband John Balliol, who had died in 1268. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html

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Stranraer Harbour railway station is a station previously operated on the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranraer_Harbour_railway_station

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Stranraer railway station - Wikipedia

Bird observations April 2026 | Taylor Nuttall — Located in So...

Bird observations April 2026 | Taylor Nuttall — Located in So...

Wanlockhead in Dumfries & Galloway, high in the Lowther Hills to the west of the A74(M). It developed from about 1680 to mine lead and other metals and is the highest village in Scotland at 467m or 1,531ft. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wanlockhead/wanlockhead/index.html

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