Knowhead Plantation

Knowhead Plantation is a forest in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Knowhead Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Glenmidge, as well as near the locality Clauchrie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Closeburn Castle.

Closeburn Castle

House

Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.

Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Closeburn and Thornhill.

Closeburn

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119.

Thornhill

Town

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east.