Jock’s Bay
Jock’s Bay is a bay in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Jock’s Bay is situated nearby to the locality Devil’s Thrashing Floor, as well as near Senwick Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include MacLellan’s Castle and Kirkcudbright Tolbooth.
MacLellan’s Castle
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MacLellan's Castle in the town of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, Scotland, was built in the late 16th century. It stands in the centre of Kirkcudbright, on the south side of the River Dee which flows into the Solway Firth.
Kirkcudbright Tolbooth
Museum
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Kirkcudbright Tolbooth is a historic municipal building in Kirkcudbright in Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Stewartry Museum
Museum
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The Stewartry Museum is a local museum in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, which covers the history of this part of Galloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkcudbright and Twynholm.
Kirkcudbright
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Kirkcudbright is a coastal town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.
Twynholm
Village
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Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road.
Kirkandrews
Hamlet
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkandrews, sometimes written as Kirkanders in older documents, is a coastal hamlet about 9 kilometres west-southwest of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Jock’s Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.81748° or 54° 49′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.08268° or 4° 4′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C6QRW88+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 8382363653OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11103505
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