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Galloway Forest Park, Galloway Forest District, Newton Stewart
Tel: 01671 402420. Britain's largest forest park is 300 square
miles of forest, moorland, lochs and mountains with names like
The Merrick, Mullwharcher and the Rhinns of Kells. Location:
On the outskirts of Newton Stewart.
Creetown Gem Rock Museum,
Chain Road, Creetown, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway,
DG8 7HJ, Tel: 01671 820357. Owned and run by Tim and Rosemarie
Stephenson it is regarded as one of the finest private collections
of gemstones, crystals, minerals, rocks and fossils in Great
Britain. www.gemrock.net. About 6 miles south of Newton Stewart.
St Ninian's Chapel, Isle of Whithorn. Ninian, Scotland's first
missionary and saint, founded his church at Whithorn - well over
a century before the much celebrated St Columba. The chapel behind
the harbour frontage street in the Isle of Whithorn now stands
as a restored 14th century reception chapel, although excavation
revealed traces of an earlier, 12th century chapel. It was used
by sea-borne pilgrims visiting the shrine of St. Ninian and is
now in the care of Historic Scotland. About 15 miles south of
Newton Stewart.
Glenluce Abbey, Newton
Stewart Tel: 01581 300541. Glenluce is a Cistercian abbey founded
around 1192 by Roland, Lord of Galloway. The remains, including
a handsome early-16th century chapter house, are set in a lovely
tranquil valley overlooking Luce Bay. The property is managed
by Historic Scotland. About 13 miles west of Newton Stewart.
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