Kissing Stones, Portyerrock Bay, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
St Ninian’s Chapel, previously a chapel linked to Whithorn Priory and a stopping off point for pilgrims landing here, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Portyerrock Bay, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Field boundary near the Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Main Street, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
St Ninian’s Chapel I, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Isle of Whithorn Harbour, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
St Ninian’s Chapel II, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Isle of Whithorn Tower from Dykefoot, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
St Ninian’s Chapel III, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The coast near Burrow Point, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
WW2 Observation bunker, Burrow Head, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Isle of Whithorn Tower from near Burrow Point, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
St Ninian’s Cave, Physgill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Votives at St Ninian’s Cave, Physgill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
St Ninian’s Cave, Physgill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. St Ninian (360-432) was the first Christian missionary in Scotland, and the cave was reputedly used as a place of personal prayer. The site remains an important site of Christian Pilgrimage.
Camp, Cairndoon, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
What a lovely part of the country- great pictures
Vey much so – wild and spirited!
I recall it feels quite like the end of the world down there, but it must have been v busy when the PhDs (Prehistoric Dudes), etc., were regularly zooming to and from Ireland.
it certainly does and yes it must have been quite the motorway services of the PHDers
Did you pick up a pebble with a cross in it?
they were all wedged in the ‘altar’ in the cave, seemed a shame to move them
We found several on the beach
How remarkable! I missed that