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Hills Tower

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Hills Tower
Hills Tower

Hills Tower is a sixteenth-century square tower house, with an adjoining eighteenth-century wing, near Dumfries in Scotland. Originally built around 1527 for Edward Maxwell, who had purchased the estate from James Douglas of Drumlanrig, it was improved in the later sixteenth century by his grandson, also Edward Maxwell. In 1721, another Edward Maxwell had a two-storey Georgian wing added to the tower's east side, using stone taken from older buildings nearby, and incorporating armorial panels celebrating members of the Maxwell family. The tower is unusual in that it has retained its original barmkin walls and their gatehouse. It eventually passed by marriage to the McCullochs of Ardwall, who still retained ownership of it as of 1994. It is still inhabited, and in 1971 the tower, along with the walls and gatehouse, was designated a Category A listed building.

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DG2 8NA , Cargenbridge
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Loch Arthur logboat

The Loch Arthur logboat or dugout canoe (also called Loch Arthur 1, Loch Lotus or Lotus Loch) was found in 1874 when the water level was low on the south bank of the Loch Arthur, near the village of Beeswing, southwest of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. The logboat, built of oak, is about 13.7 meters long and up to 1.5 meters wide. On the opposite side of the 300 to 400 meter wide lake was a crannóg (lake dwelling).The Loch Arthur logboat or dugout canoe (also called Loch Arthur 1, Loch Lotus or Lotus Loch) was found in 1874 when the water level was low on the south bank of the Loch Arthur, near Kissock, southwest of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. The dugout, built of oak, is about 13.7 meters long and up to 1.5 meters wide. On the opposite side of the 300 to 400 meter wide lake was a crannóg (lake dwelling). The logboat was damaged during recovery. The bow, including an ornamental animal head, was given to the Museum of Scotland. The surviving part of the sawed-up boat is 6.34 m long. The tail section and a paddle went to the Dumfries Museum and were lost there. The paddle was about 50mm in diameter and the end was decorated. The dugout canoe was built between 100 BC and AD 80. The rear end formed from a bar was placed in a groove about 38 mm wide. At the end of the starboard side there were seven holes about 76 mm in diameter spaced about 1.5 m apart. The bottom of the boat was pierced with three irregular holes. The starboard side survives to a height of 0.43 m. The remains did not suffer much from the split, but show strong faults. The bow of the boat has an unusual shape that ended in an extension that resembled the elongated neck and head of an animal. The hole that formed the “eye” was about 127 mm in diameter and was probably used for a line or rope. This feature has also been observed in the dugout canoes "Errol 2" and "Loch of Kinnordy". The pointed bow is notable for its internal gradation, which was probably left as reinforcement. This has no Scottish parallels, but is also found on three boats from Holme Pierrepont, in Nottingham, England to be found, one of which was dated between 230 BC and 110 BC. Three bronze grapes had previously been found in the lake.

Terregles
Terregles

Terregles () is a village and civil parish near Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire. The name Terregles, recorded as Travereglis in 1359, is from Cumbric *trev-ïr-eglẹ:s. *Trev refers to a settlement and *eglẹ:s is a borrowing of Latin ecclesia, 'church building'. (Modern Welsh Tref yr Eglwys/ Tref Eglwys). James argues that the name dates to no earlier than the 10th century.The parish contains the ruins of Lincluden Collegiate Church and the site of Terregles House, once the seat of William Maxwell, last Earl of Nithsdale.To travel to Terregles from Dumfries the main artery out of the town is Terregles Street. Terregles Street is home to Queen of the South F.C.'s football ground, Palmerston Park. Terregles Street become Terregles Road at the Summerhill area on the edge of Dumfries. As the name suggests Terregles Road is the road to the village of Terregles, around a further 2 miles away. The parish includes the village of Terregles and surrounding rural area, but at the eastern end of the parish also includes Lincluden and adjoining areas which form part of the urban area of Dumfries. Part of the parish was included in the burgh of Maxwelltown, which was created in 1810 and abolished in 1929 when it was absorbed into the burgh of Dumfries. The part of the parish in the burgh was therefore transferred in 1929 from Kirkcudbrightshire to Dumfriesshire. The burgh of Dumfries was further enlarged in 1938 to take in the Lincluden area. The parish of Terregles therefore straddled the two counties from 1929 until further local government reform in 1975 abolished the administrative counties, and both parts of the parish became part of the Nithsdale district in the Dumfries and Galloway region. The whole parish has therefore been included in the Dumfries lieutenancy area since 1975.