Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright is a Town in the county of Dumfries and Galloway.

Kirkcudbright postcode: DG6 4JW

There are great places to visit near Kirkcudbright.

Kirkcudbright History

There are some historic monuments around Kirkcudbright:

Conchieton, cairn NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7671
Boreland Mote,motte Secular: motte SM1112
Cairntosh Hill,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2237
Drummore Castle,fort,Castle Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1069
Clauchendolly, cup and ring marked rocks 350m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1013
Grange, cup and ring marked rocks Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1025
High Fort,fort,North Milton Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1079
Boreland Mote,earthwork 500m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3501
Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1033
Drummore Farm,stone circle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM1020
Craigraploch, fort, Abbey Burnfoot Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1064
High Banks Farm,cup and ring marked rocks 350m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1028
Trostrie Mote,motte Secular: motte SM1133
Borness Batteries,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1053
Milton,fort 180m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1085
Carse Mote,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1058
Fort, Doon Hill, Twynholm Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM13744
Cumstoun Castle Secular: castle SM8263
Blackhill,cup and ring marked rock 60m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1003
Park,stone circle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM1039
Conchieton, The Doon, fort, Doon Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7670
Arden,fort 320m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1050
Kirkland,fort NNW of High Kirkland Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1080
Prehistoric enclosure, Camp Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM13743
Castlehill,fort,Compstonend Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1061
Meikle Sypland, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1097
Kirkcudbright Castle Secular: castle SM2459
Castlecreavie,forts 270m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1059
Camphill Cottage,fort or homestead moat,Whinnieliggate Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Secular: homestead moat SM1056
Cup marked rocks, 605m SSW, 555m S and 545m SSE of High Grange Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM13749
Maclellan's Castle Secular: castle SM90208
Dunrod, homestead moat, village & church site Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM2343
Doon Hill, fort, Balig Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1066
Brockcleugh Cottage,cup and ring marked rocks 600m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1005
North Milton,fort 235m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1090
Doon Wood,fort,Nun Mill Bridge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1067
Kirkcormack,motte,Mayfield Secular: motte SM1122
Glennap, fort, Barcheskie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1073

History of Kirkcudbright

After defeat at the Battle of Towton, Henry VI of England crossed the Solway Firth in August 1461 to land at Kirkcudbright in support of Queen Margaret at Linlithgow. The town also for some time withstood a siege in 1547 from the English commander Sir Thomas Carleton but after the surrounding countryside had been overrun was compelled to surrender.

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