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The Carlin Stone, possibly meaning winter goddess or witch. Carlin can also symbolise the last remaining sheaf of corn cut at harvest and made into an effergy. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland #Halloween2026

Crossmichael Parish Church - the main body dates from around 1750, but the distinctive tower is possibly early 1600s. It sits on a small knoll and has probably been a site of worship since ancient times. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell and has remained the home of Maxwells since, until now. The house and the estate is currently listed for sale. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The burial ground at Inch Old Kirk, near Castle Kennedy. There has been a church here since the medieval period, until it was abandoned in 1861. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

A stone eagle in the grounds of Monreith House. The (double headed) eagle is featured on the Maxwells of Monreith's coat of arms. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Mist and twisted trees at the edge of the woods. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell and has remained the home of Maxwells since, until now. The house and the estate is currently listed for sale. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Kirk Oswald, near Maybole in Ayrshire, named after Oswald of Northumbria. Amazing that this church contains the baptismal font of Robert the Bruce. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #history

A pair of small standing stones at the Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic boulder and aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Monreith House in the Machars of Galloway. Built in 1791 by William Maxwell and has remained the home of Maxwells since, until now. The house and the estate is currently listed for sale. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Greenan Castle, near Ayr. The ruin of a 15/16th C tower house, on the site of a previous motte and bailey and promontory fort. Tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

Drumtroddan Standing Stones. This old feller is the last stone standing in what was once a row of 4, possibly 5 stones, pointing towards the Galloway Hills in the east. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

The Old Place of Monreith (AKA Dowies and the House of the Moure), built by the Maxwells c.1600 and their home before buying Myrton Castle from the McCullochs. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic accompanied by a pair of small standing stones, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Glasserton Church, near Whithorn in the Machars of Galloway. The wee bell-cot is said to have been taken from Kirkmaiden Church, when the parishes merged in the 17th C. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

Greenan Castle, Ayr. The ruin of a 15th C tower house, stands on the site of a motte and bailey and promontory fort. Dark tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin. #blackandwhitephotography #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #History

Callie's Port, Back Bay, Monreith. The caves here were once hiding places for both smugglers and covenanters. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

Baltersan Castle, close to Maybole. A tower house built in 1584 to replace Baltersan House, by the Kennedys. It was abandoned by the mid-18th C. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #History

Kirk Oswald, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Named after Oswald of Northumbria, who supposedly won a battle here during the 7th C. The church contains the baptismal font of Robert the Bruce. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

The gatehouse of Crossraguel Abbey, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Founded in the 13th century by Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick. It is halfway between Paisley and Whithorn on the pilgrims' trail to the shrine of St Ninian. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland