An impressively located promontory 2000 year old fort on top of the cliffs overlooking Luce Bay and the Irish Sea. Parking is available at the foot of the cliff on the A747 and a climb up the steep steps is rewarded by a decent fort with well preserved ramparts. It is sub-square measuring internally 42 metres N-S by 44 metres READ MORE
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Glenluce Abbey
Roland, Lord of Galloway, founded Glenluce Abbey around 1192. Monastic life lasted for 400 years, until the Protestant Reformation of 1560. But because no register for the abbey survives, the history of the community is sketchy. The white-clad Cistercian monks who settled in this secluded valley of the Water of Luce most likely came from READ MORE