Dark Galloway

This fantastic mausoleum is the 'Kennedy Aisle', built c.1602 and once attached to the old parish kirk at Ballantrae. It holds a place in the tale of internecine rivalry and retribution among branches of the Kennedy family, to rival any plot in Game of Thrones. #Scotland #History

The Hole Stone (or Crow Stone) in Galloway. Local tradition says that it was used during marriage ceremomies, by joining hands through the hole. It stands close to the White Cairn and another stone reputedly once accompanied it. #Scotland #History #StandingStoneSunday

On dark, windy nights like these, standing on the beach below the ruins of Kirkmaiden Church, as the waves lash the shore, you swear you can hear the wraith bell tolling from the depths of Luce Bay, calling another McCulloch to their fate. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell, clearing Myrton village and using stone taken from Myrton Castle. Also subsequently the home of antiquarian and writer, Herbert Maxwell. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The Old Kirk in Wigtown. Halloween is coming! #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Portencross Castle, Ayrshire. A tower house developed from a mid-13th century hall house, by the Boyd family. A local legend tells that the bodies of Scottish Kings were brought to Portencross on their way to Iona for burial. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #Medieval

The Carlin Stone, near Elrig in Galloway. Carlin can mean an old woman, winter goddess or witch. Also the last remaining sheaf of corn cut at harvest and made into an effergy. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Graves at Crossmichael Kirk. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The 16th C. remains of Parton Old Kirk, the burial place of Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell. The community are trying to raise the funds to preserve the current church as a museum for Maxwell. Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #Scotland

The Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The Loupin Stanes, Eskdalemuir. A small oval of stones on a constructed platform. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Torhouse Stone Circle, near Wigtown in the Machars of Galloway. A surprisingly well preserved circle at the heart of an ancient ceremonial landscape. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Wall mounted memorial at Stoneykirk Parish Church. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

Hidden by overgrowth on the shores of the White Loch is the burial ground at Inch Old Kirk, near Castle Kennedy. There has been a church here since the medieval period, until it was abandoned in 1861. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Snib's Cave (Bennane Cave), on the Ayrshire coast, near Lendalfoot. It was the home of Henry Ewing Torbet, aka Snib Scott (after an earlier inhabitant in the 1920s) for 30 years, until a severe storm in 1983 left him with pneumonia. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History

The Old St Nicholas Church in Prestwick. Thought to date from the 12th century, with later modifications, the church was built on an early medieval monastic site, of the 8th century or earlier. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History

The Covenanter's Grave at Crossmichael Church. Here lyes William Graham who makeing his escape from his mothers house was pursued taken and instantly shot dead by a party of Claverhouse’s troop for his adherence to Scotlands Reformation Covenants National and Solemn League 1682. #Scotland #History

The Hole Stone (or Crow Stone) in Galloway. Local tradition says that it was used during marriage ceremomies, by joining hands through the hole. It stands close to the White Cairn and another stone reputedly once accompanied it. #Scotland #History #StandingStoneSunday

The Kennedy Aisle in Ballantrae, built c.1602-04 and once attached to tbe old Parish Church. It's 1819 replacement stands behind it. It was built for Gilbert Kennedy, Earl of Bargany, killed by his rival John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Carssillis, in 1601. #Scotland #Ayrshire #History

The 16th C. remains of Parton Old Kirk, the burial place of Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell. The community are trying to raise the funds to preserve the current church as a museum for Maxwell. Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #Scotland

Portencross Castle, Ayrshire. A tower house developed from a mid-13th century hall house, by the Boyd family. A local legend tells that the bodies of Scottish Kings were brought to Portencross on their way to Iona for burial. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #Medieval

The Carlin Stone, near Elrig in the Machars of Galloway (Carlin = old woman/crone/Cailleach (Gaelic)/winter goddess/witch). It may be the only surviving stone of a circle. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Crossmichael Parish Church - the main body dates from around 1750, but the distinctive tower is possibly early 1600s. It sits on a small knoll and has probably been a site of worship since ancient times. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Parton Church, built in 1832-34 is the burial place of Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell. It is now for sale and the community are trying to raise the funds to preserve it as a museum for Maxwell. Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

The old Stoneykirk Parish Church in the Rhins of Galloway. This building dates from 1827, but there has been a church on this spot since before 1274. Closed in 1988, this early example of Gothic Revival architecture has lain empty since. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

The Coffin Stone lies beside an abandoned stretch of the A75, just ouside Glen Luce in Galloway. Its name may derive from being a stopping point for funeral processions en route to Old Luce Parish Church a mile away. #Scotland #History #StandingStoneSunday

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Dunure Castle, Ayrshire. An early home of the Kennedy Earls of Cassillis. The 4th Earl tortured Allan Stewart here in 1570, by roasting him and they say his screams can still be heard. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell, clearing Myrton village and using stone taken from Myrton Castle. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

This fantastic mausoleum is the 'Kennedy Aisle', built c.1602 and once attached to the old parish kirk at Ballantrae. It holds a place in the tale of internecine rivalry and retribution among branches of the Kennedy family, to rival any plot in Game of Thrones. #Scotland #History

Boreland Cairn, in Knockman Woods near Newton Stewart. A Clyde type Neolithic chambered cairn with horned courtyard. It's western side retains many of its kerb stones. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

A mortsafe at Old St Nicholas Church, Prestwick. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland

Alloway Auld Kirk, made famour by Robert Burns in his poem 'Tam O'Shanter'. The church building is dated to 1516, but some parts of the church and the location are thought to be far older. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland

A windy, tempestuous night, as the moon shines over St Medana's Well, Kirkmaiden in the Machars of Galloway. A place stoked with legends and history. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland

The Girdle Stanes, Eskdalemuir. Possibly connected to the nearby Loupin Stanes by an avenue. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

The old Stoneykirk Parish Church in the Rhins of Galloway. This building dates from 1827, but there has been a church on this spot since before 1274. Closed in 1988, this early example of Gothic Revival architecture has lain empty since. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

Please support the people of Creetown and Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway to oppose the impending industrial woodland proposal around Barholm. This land was quietly purchased by a London and EU based venture capitalist investment business. c.org/B2j9BTnWY4

When, glimmering thro’ the groaning trees, Kirk-Alloway seem’d in a bleeze; Thro’ ilka bore the beams were glancing; And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Alloway Auld Kirk, the setting for the witches' gathering in Burns' famous poem 'Tam O' Shanter' #Scotland #History

The dark ruins of Torthorwald Castle. A 14th century tower house, on the site of a 12th century motte and bailey predecessor. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland

Boreland Cairn, in Knockman Woods near Newton Stewart. A Clyde type Neolithic chambered cairn with horned courtyard, surprisingly well preserved. It's western side retains many of its kerb stones. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #TombTuesday

One of three stone rows, adjacent to Torhouse Stone Circle, near Wigtown in the Machars of Galloway and part of a wider ceremonial landscape. #Scotland #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography

Portencross Castle, Ayrshire. A tower house developed from a mid-13th century hall house, by the Boyd family. A local legend tells that the bodies of Scottish Kings were brought to Portencross on their way to Iona for burial. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #Medieval

The Old St Nicholas Church in Prestwick. Thought to date from the 12th century, with later modifications, the church was built on an early medieval monastic site, of the 8th century or earlier. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History

Beyond the gap in the trees lies the graveyard of the old Stoneykirk Parish Church, near Stranraer. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The old Stoneykirk Parish Church in the Rhins of Galloway. This building dates from 1827, but there has been a church on this spot since before 1274. Closed in 1988, this early example of Gothic Revival architecture has lain empty since. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

Inch Old Kirk, near Castle Kennedy. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Knockman Woods, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #ThickTrunkTuesday

Torhouse Stone Circle in the Machars of Galloway. Composed of rounded glacial erratics, it is interesting to note their use in this and other ancient sites in the area. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland