Glencaple
Glencaple is a small settlement in the Dumfries and Galloway area of SW Scotland. Situated on the banks of the River Nith, it once served as a port for nearby Dumfries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbey of Dulce Cor and Isle Tower.
Abbey of Dulce Cor
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles south of Dumfries. Abbey of Dulce Cor is situated 2½ miles southwest of Glencaple.
Isle Tower
Ruins
Photo: Simon Lidwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was a property of the Maxwell family. Isle Tower is situated 2 miles east of Glencaple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankend and New Abbey.
Bankend
Hamlet
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bankend is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located near Lochar Water, the civil parish Caerlaverock and the villages of Blackshaw, Glencaple and Shearington. In 1961 it had a population of 79. Bankend is situated 2 miles east of Glencaple.
New Abbey
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 2½ miles southwest of Glencaple.
The Crichton
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The Crichton is situated 3½ miles north of Glencaple.
Glencaple
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00187° or 55° 0′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.56904° or 3° 34′ 9″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C7R2C2J+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 523401992OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Glencaple” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glencaple”
- Dutch: “Glencaple”
- French: “Glencaple”
- Irish: “Gleann Chapall”
- Scots: “Glencaple”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Chapall”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barbour Memorial Hall and Glencaple Shop.
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