Quarry Wood

Quarry Wood is a forest in , , . Quarry Wood is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Irongray Church And Churchyard and Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.

Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Schwerdf, CC BY 4.0.
The Twelve Apostles is a large stone circle located between the villages of Holywood and Newbridge, near , . It is the seventh largest stone circle in Britain and the largest on the mainland of Scotland.

Archaeological site
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Seven Grey Stanes, is a small oval stone circle 3¾ miles south-west of . Eight stones of a probable nine remain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumfries and Newbridge Drive.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the principal town of in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in town until his death, aged 37.

Quarter
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a relatively new suburb in . It is situated on the side of the and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from town centre.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of , Scotland.

Quarry Wood

Latitude
55.0851° or 55° 5′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.7114° or 3° 42′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C7R37PQ+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 380397408
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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