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The Old Blacksmith's Shop Visitor Centre, Gretna Green, Dumfries
& Galloway DG16 5EA .Tel: 01461 338441. Curiosity has attracted
travellers to visit Gretna Green since the middle of the 19th
Century. The first visitors would peer through the windows trying
to catch a glimpse of a run-away couple marrying over the anvil.
In the year 1886, the owner, Hugh Mackie decided to open the
cottage and workshop to visitors thus creating one of the first
visitor attractions in Scotland. www.gretnagreen.com. Location:
In the centre of Gretna Green.
Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace,
The Arched House, Ecclefechan, Lockerbie DG11 3DG. Tel: 01576
300666. The great social historian Thomas Carlyle was born here
in 1795. The interior reflects life in the late 18th Century
and contains collections of portraits, manuscripts and personal
belonging of Carlyle. About 9 miles northwest of Gretna Green.
The Ruthwell Cross, Ruthwell, Annan. The cross is located inside
the church in Ruthwell. The Cross was carved by skilled Northumbrian
sculptors in the early 8th century. It is the most important
Anglo-Saxon cross in Scotland and a monument of international
importance. The cross originally stood near the present church.
In 1664 it was pulled down and smashed on the instructions of
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. In 1802 it was
re-erected in the manse garden and in 1887 was moved to a specially
built apse in the church. About 13 miles west of Gretna Green. |
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