Rusko

Rusko is a residential area in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Rusko is situated nearby to the forest Cuil Hill Plantation, as well as near the nature reserve Carstramon Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cardoness Castle and Rusco Tower.

Cardoness Castle

Castle

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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 Rusko.

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 Rusko.

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. Anwoth is situated 1½ miles south of Rusko.

Twynholm

Village

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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 5 miles southeast of Rusko.

Rusko

Type: Residential area
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.90214° or 54° 54′ 8″ north

Longitude

-4.20122° or 4° 12′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C6QWQ2X+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 384284465

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Highlights include Cuil Hill Plantation and Carstramon Wood.

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