The Castle was built at great expense, even for a Duke, and construction took 10 years. It is said that the incredible views across the Nith Valley are what inspired the 1 st Duke of Buccleuch to build his ancestral home in this location and on land given to him by Robert The Bruce. The castle is set in a beautiful garden and within a vast (90,000 acre) country estate. ĭrumlanrig Castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the 10 th Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. You can read more about getting married in Scotland in ‘ Plan a Romantic Wedding in Scotland’ post and find out about getting married in Edinburgh Castle. Many are not ruins at all but have been lovingly maintained or restored as grand family homes and some have been renovated into hotels where you can stay and even get married. There are indeed many castles in Dumfries and Galloway that I haven’t listed in this post. Many of these fabulous natural features and lots of other attractions and interesting places in the region will be explored by me in more detail in other posts as part of my Exploring Scotland Series. Inland, there are deep forests and glens, rivers and lochs, and being blessed by a warmer climate than most other parts of Scotland thanks to the position of the Gulf Stream, there are also lots of large parks and botanical gardens to explore.ĭid you know that Dumfries and Galloway Forest Park is home to Europe’s second International Dark Sky Park? It’s the first of its kind in the UK due to practically non-existent levels of light pollution here.
I think that kind of makes this area like a secret location.Īnd, it’s not just the castles, as there are many interesting old towns and timeless villages in this area. Along the Solway Firth estuary, the third largest estuary in the UK and an area of conservation, there are expanses of rugged coastline and sandy bays and fabulous beaches at Rockcliffe, Southerness, Sandyhills and Balcary Bay. Indeed, some people drive over the border from England and straight through Dumfries and Galloway, not realising its treasures. When friends and family come to visit, they can hardly believe how many old castles are all around us here in Dumfries and Galloway, perhaps having wrongly assumed that you need to go all the way up to The Highlands of Scotland to find so many fine historic Scottish Castles and imposing Castle Ruins. Here we are fortunate to be surrounded by familiar green hills and glens and many historic attractions.
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It’s very close to where we brought up our children and then became empty-nesters and sold everything we owned to travel the world. Finding ourselves back here again, in many ways, feels like life has come full circle. Right now, the backpacking husband and I are renting a house in the beautiful region of Southern Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway. Listen to me narrating this post on a podcast!
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