Eating, Drinking & Local Attractions

Eating & Drinking

• The Creebridge House Hotel Newton Stewart, DG8 6NP. STB 3 Star Small Hotel.

• Kirroughtree House Award winning restaurant. Newton Stewart, DG8 6AN. STB 4 Star Small Hotel.

• Nether Barr Steading Restaurant and Bar A small restaurant and bar offering a friendly welcoming atmosphere and a menu incorporating the best local produce. Newton Stewart, DG8 6AU.

Local Attractions

• Barsalloch Fort An Iron Age promontory fort, defended by a deep u-shaped ditch. On the edge of a promontory above Barsalloch Point, 0.75m W of Monreith on the A747.

• Bladnoch Distillery Visitor Centre, guided tours, gift shop, weddings and functions at Scotland's most southerly distillery, home to a fine Single Malt. Bladnoch, Wigtown, DG8 9AB.

• Chapel Finian Chapel Finian The foundation remains of a small chapel in an enclosure, built in the Irish style, probably as a chapel for pilgrims on their way to Whithorn. 5m NW of Port William on the A747.

• Druchtag Motte A fine example of a motte castle, in a part of Scotland where this type of early timber castle proliferated in the 12th and 13th centuries. At Mochrum village on the A747.

• Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Marked Rocks Three groups of well-defined cup and ring marks on bedrock probably carved in the Bronze Age. 2m NE of Port William on the B7085.

• Drumtroddan Standing Stones An alignment of three stones, one of which has fallen. 0.25m S of the cup and ring marked stones on the B7085.

• Glentrool Visitor Centre Forestry Commission visitor centre in Glen Trool Forest. Newton Stewart is the nearest town. Take the A714 signposted Girvan.Turn right, signposted Glen Trool village. STB 2 Star Attraction.

• Kirroughtree Visitor Centre Visit our centre for fun for all the family. Our friendly staff offer information on all forest facilities. Near Newton Stewart and Creetown. STB 3 Star Attraction.

• Laggangairn Standing Stones Two stones carved with early Christian crosses. On the Southern Upland Way.

• Marrbury Smokehouse Visitor Centre See how a Master Craftsman produces smoked foods. Bargrennan, Near Glentrool, Newton Stewart, DG8 6RW.

• Newton Stewart Museum The history of Newton Stewart and central Galloway. York Road, Newton Stewart, DG8 6HH.

• Rispain Camp A rectangular settlement defended by a bank and ditch. It dates from the 1st or 2nd century AD. 1m W of Whithorn, behind Rispain Farm on the A746.

• Silver Flowe Stand on the hills that surround this reserve and you’ll soon realise how it came by its name. The many pools that speckle the surface of this bogland or ‘flowe’ sparkle with reflections of the sky and surrounding landscape. 12 miles northeast of Newton Stewart off the A712.

• St Ninian’s Cave Traditionally associated with St Ninian. Early crosses found here are housed at Whithorn Museum, but weathered crosses carved on the walls of the cave are still visible. Physgill, on the coast 4m SW of Whithorn on the A747.

• St Ninian’s Chapel Restored ruins of a 13th-century chapel, probably used by pilgrims on their way to Whithorn. At Isle of Whithorn on the A747.

• Torhouse Stone Circle A Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 19 boulders. 4m W of Wigtown on the B733.

• Whithorn Priory Remains of the priory on the site of an ancient church. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Wigtown Book Festival Book festival held in "Scotland's Book Town" each Autumn. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Wood of Cree RSPB Reserve River plain, floodplain marshes, willow carr and ancient broadleaved woodland make up this fascinating reserve. Nearest town: Newton Stewart.

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