Scar Hill
Scar Hill is a locality in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Scar Hill is situated nearby to the locality Stey Fell, as well as near Culreoch.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rusco Tower.
Rusco Tower
Building
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota Carson and her husband Robert Gordon, on lands given to them by her father, it was used to incarcerate a number of the Gordons' rivals in the 16th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anwoth and Creetown.
Anwoth
Village
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. Anwoth is situated 2½ miles southeast of Scar Hill.
Creetown
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creetown is a small seaside town in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway in the Dumfries and Galloway council area in south-west Scotland. Its population is about 750 people. Creetown is situated 6 miles west of Scar Hill.
Scar Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91488° or 54° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.23839° or 4° 14′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6QWQ76+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 9163756109OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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