Killern
Killern is a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Killern is situated nearby to the forest Cuil Hill Plantation, as well as near the peak Kenlum Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardoness Castle and Rusco Tower.
Cardoness Castle
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland. Cardoness Castle is situated 2 miles south of Killern.
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. Rusco Tower is situated 1¼ miles north of Killern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anwoth and Twynholm.
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.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Twynholm is situated 6 miles southeast of Killern.
Killern
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.89892° or 54° 53′ 56″ northLongitude
-4.21389° or 4° 12′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6QVQXP+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 380933375OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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Satellite Map
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cuil Hill Plantation and Kenlum Hill.
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