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Tourist Information Dumfries And Galloway

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Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum

Discover Sanquhar Knitting, a world famous tradition, The mines and miners of Sanquhar and Kirkconnel
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Old Bridge House Museum

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Built in 1660 into the the sandstone bridge itself, Dumfries' oldest house is now a museum of everyday life in the town.
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Museum of Lead Mining

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Visit the underground lead mine, the beam engine and try your hand at gold panning in this traditional Scottish mining village.
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Biggar Gasworks Museum

Biggar's gas works closed in 1973, and were preserved by Biggar Museum Trust for future generations.
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Caerlaverock Castle

Caerlaverock Castle is one of Scotland’s great medieval fortresses built in the 13th Century.
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Glenluce Abbey

Glenluce Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded around 1190 by Rolland, Lord of Galloway. It was occupied for 400 years.
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National Museum of Costume

The museum allows a look at fashion and the lifestyle of the wealthy from the 1850s to the 1950s.
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St Ninian's Cave

On the Solway shore south of Whithorn, St. Ninian’s Cave is said to have been St. Ninian’s retreat.
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Sweetheart Abbey

Sweetheart Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway in memory of her husband John de Balliol.
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Whithorn Priory and Museum

Whithorn Priory was the centre of the revived See of Galloway under the patronage of Fergus, Bishop Gille Aldan from the 12th century.
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Threave Castle

Threave Castle was the home of 'Black' Douglas Earls of Douglas from the late 14th century until their fall in 1455.
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