Whitehill Plantation

Whitehill Plantation is a forest in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Whitehill Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Tinwald Shaws, as well as near Amisfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lochmaben Hospital and Mill Loch.

Lochmaben Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochmaben Hospital is a health facility in Woodlands Drive, Lochmaben, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

Lochmaben Castle was a 12th-century castle on the spit of land between Loch Kirk and Loch Castle, in Lochmaben, Scotland. The motte and bailey castle was built in the 12th century by the de Brus family, Lords of Annandale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochmaben and Torthorwald.

Lochmaben

Town

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochmaben is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a castle. It lies 4 miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway. By the 12th century the Bruce family had become the local landowners and, in the 14th century, Edward I rebuilt Lochmaben Castle.

Torthorwald

Village

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torthorwald is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 6 kilometres east of Dumfries on the A709 road to Lochmaben.