Briar Plantation
Briar Plantation is a forest in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Briar Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Glasserton, as well as near the locality High Rouchan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Ninian’s Cave and Rispain Camp.
St Ninian’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Akinom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Ninian's Cave is a cave in Physgill Glen, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage by way of its association with the Scottish saint Ninian.
Rispain Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Stevouk, Public domain.
Rispain Camp is the remains of a fortified farmstead 1 mile west of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is one of the major Iron Age archaeological sites in Scotland.
Whithorn Priory
Historic site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whithorn Priory was a medieval Scottish monastery that also served as a cathedral, located at 6 Bruce Street in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whithorn.
Whithorn
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whithorn, is a royal burgh in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 10 miles south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in Scotland, Candida Casa "White/Shining House", built by Saint Ninian about 397 CE.
Briar Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7034° or 54° 42′ 12″ northLongitude
-4.4442° or 4° 26′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C6QPH34+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 486808863OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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