Shiel
Shiel is a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Shiel is situated nearby to the forest Gaiststone Plantation, as well as near Gaistone Plantation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kells Parish Church and Glenlee Power Station.
Kells Parish Church
Church
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kells Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Shiel.
Glenlee Power Station
Power station
Photo: Paul Hookway, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenlee Power Station is situated 1 mile northwest of Shiel.
Kenmure Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kenmure Castle is a fortified house or castle in The Glenkens, 1 mile south of the town of New Galloway in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, south-west Scotland. Kenmure Castle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Shiel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St John’s Town of Dalry and New Galloway.
St John’s Town of Dalry
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
New Galloway
Village
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Galloway is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, 1 mile north of the end of Loch Ken. New Galloway is situated 1½ miles southeast of Shiel.
Balmaclellan
Village
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells. Balmaclellan is situated 2 miles east of Shiel.
Shiel
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.09143° or 55° 5′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.167° or 4° 10′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7Q3RRM+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 382205064OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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