Low tide at Achenmalg Bay, once rife with smugglers. Barracks were built on the hillside overlooking the beach during the 18th century to combat illegal trade along this coast. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

The dark ruins of Torthorwald Castle squat on the horizon, framed by foreboding clouds. A 14th century tower house, on the site of a 12th century motte and bailey predecessor. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland

Carscreugh Castle, near Glen Luce. The home of the Dalrymples before Inch Castle at Castle Kennedy and possible scene for the infamous event surrounding the tale of The Bride of Baldoon. Read the full story: darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/05/29/t... #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History

Lockerbie. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #SouthernScotland

Drumtroddan Standing Stones. This old feller is the last stone standing in what was once a row of 4, possibly 5 stones, pointing towards the Galloway Hills in the east. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Over the garden wall. Glasserton Church. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

Greenan Castle, near Ayr. The ruin of a 15/16th C tower house, on the site of a previous motte and bailey and promontory fort. Tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

For 5000 years, Cairnholy Chambered Tomb has sat on this hillside, overlooking the Solway Firth, watching the centuries pass and still it is magnificent! #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #TombTuesday

Myrton Castle in the Machars of Galloway. Former home of the McCullochs and the Maxwells, built in the late 15th/early 16th C on the site of a wooden tower and motte. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Watcher of the skies. The Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic accompanied by a pair of small standing stones, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Beside the seaside! #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Glasserton Church, near Whithorn, Galloway, Scotland [II] With huge thanks again to @darkgalloway.bsky.social for showing me the way! Of course a series wouldn’t be complete without a few IR frames. Watch this space, if you’re interested. #bnwphotography #scotland #churches #abandoned #graveyards

A twisted hawthorn tree at the Crook of Baldoon, looking out over the salt marsh of Wigtown Bay. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Low tide at Church Bay, Monreith. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The gatehouse of Crossraguel Abbey, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Founded in the 13th century by Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick. It is halfway between Paisley and Whithorn on the pilgrims' trail to the shrine of St Ninian. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #History

Glasserton Church, near Whithorn in the Machars of Galloway. The wee bell-cot is said to have been taken from Kirkmaiden Church, when the parishes merged in the 17th C. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

Greenan Castle, Ayr. The ruin of a 15th C tower house, stands on the site of a motte and bailey and promontory fort. Dark tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin. #blackandwhitephotography #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #History

Happy Beltane! Drumtroddan Rock Art, the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

Callie's Port, Back Bay, Monreith. The caves here were once hiding places for both smugglers and covenanters. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland #History

Baltersan Castle, close to Maybole. A tower house built in 1584 to replace Baltersan House, by the Kennedys. It was abandoned by the mid-18th C. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland #History

Kirk Oswald, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Named after Oswald of Northumbria, who supposedly won a battle here during the 7th C. The church contains the baptismal font of Robert the Bruce. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

Monreith Bay has many a tale to tell. St Medana was miraculously transported here on a floating rock, to found the beautifully atmospheric church of Kirmaiden. One of the oldest churches in Scotland. #Scotland #history #legend #folklore #blackandwhitephotography

The gatehouse of Crossraguel Abbey, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Founded in the 13th century by Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick. It is halfway between Paisley and Whithorn on the pilgrims' trail to the shrine of St Ninian. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

Dunure Castle, Ayrshire. They say that sometimes, you can still hear the screams of Allan Stewart, the Commendator of Crossraguel Abbey, as he was being roasted alive here by the Earl of Cassillis in 1570. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

Ruins in misty woodland. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Greenan Castle, near Ayr. The ruin of a 15th C tower house, stands the site of a previous motte and bailey and promontory fort. Tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Ayrshire #SouthernScotland

Myrton Castle in the Machars of Galloway. Former home of the McCullochs and the Maxwells, built in the late 15th/early 16th C on the site of a wooden tower and motte. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Glasserton Church in the mist. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Misty islands, the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Carscreugh Castle, near Glen Luce. The home of the Dalrymples before Inch Castle at Castle Kennedy and possible scene for the infamous event surrounding the tale of The Bride of Baldoon. Read the full story: darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/05/29/t... #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Bare winter trees at Glasserton. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Winter at Monreith Bay, Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Gelston Castle as the sun sinks towards the horizon. Completed c.1805 by William Douglas (a plantation owner, rumoured to have amassed his fortune by privateering), near Castle Douglas in Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Glasserton Church in the mist. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Dunskey Castle, said to be haunted by a ghostly piper and a servant girl, plus home to a brownie known as The Hairy Man, the castle's clifftop, wave-lashed location has seen turbulent times. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Moonlight at Auchenmalg. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Kirkmaiden church, the foundations of which are said to be one of the oldest in Scotland. Supposedly founded by St Medan in the 7th C, an Irish Princess, who was magically transported across Luce Bay on a stone boat. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Mist and bare trees, Glasserton Woods. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Carscreugh Castle, near Glen Luce. The home of the Dalrymples before Inch Castle at Castle Kennedy and possible scene for the infamous event surrounding the tale of The Bride of Baldoon. Read the full story: darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/05/29/t... #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Carscreugh Castle, near Glen Luce. The home of the Dalrymples before Inch Castle at Castle Kennedy and possible scene for the infamous event surrounding the tale of The Bride of Baldoon. Read the full story: darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/05/29/t... #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Morning light at Port William. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

The Old Place of Monreith (AKA Dowies and the House of the Moure), built by the Maxwells c.1600 and their home before buying Myrton Castle from the McCullochs. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

A twisted hawthorn on top of a rocky knoll, in the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Mist on the fields, the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Nothing says Galloway quite like a graveyard in the mist! Glasserton Church near Whithorn. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

The Old Place of Monreith (AKA Dowies and the House of the Moure), built by the Maxwells c.1600 and their home before buying Myrton Castle from the McCullochs. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Misty trees at Whithorn. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Gelston Castle as the sun sinks towards the horizon. Completed c.1805 by William Douglas (a plantation owner, rumoured to have amassed his fortune by privateering), near Castle Douglas in Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Torhousekie Stone Circle, near Wigtown, in The Machars of Galloway. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland

Misty fields, Whithorn in The Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland