Calanais Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis. #StandingStoneSunday #Scotland #Blackandwhitephotography

Whithorn Priory and Parish Church, from across misty fields. Said to be where St Ninian founded the first Christian church in Scotland. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Sunrise at the Rocks of Garheugh, north of Port William in the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Trees in the mist, Whithorn. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Mist on the fields, Whithorn. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

St Medan's Beach, the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

St Michael's churchyard, Dumfries. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Bare trees and an icy loch at Barbarroch. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Winter in the fields and woods at Rispain, near Whithorn. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Burrowhead Cairn, looking towards the holiday camp. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Midsteeple, Dumfries High Street. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Mud and metal. Rispain, near Whithorn. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

The Mount, Kirkton. An abandoned, crumbling gothic chapel and crypt, built by the Johnstones of Carnsalloch. Slowly being eaten by the woods. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #History

Chubby little feller. Minnigaff Old Kirk. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Low tide at Monreith Beach. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Ancient doorway at Lincluden Abbey. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Burrowhead. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Wanlockhead, Scotland's highest village, famed for its lead mines and gold prospecting. A village with many stories lurking in its dark corners. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Burrowhead, the most southerly point of the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Port Logan beach, in the Rhins of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Ancient tree on the old Glasserton Estate, near Whithorn. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Happy Christmas, from the old ghosts of Galloway!

Port Logan, lighthouse and harbour, in the Rhins of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

A rainy morning and muddy puddles at Glasserton woods. Only the alarm calls of blackbirds, the bark of roe deer and the lilting song of robins break the silence. #Scotland #Galloway #Photography #Blackandwhitephotography

Happy Winter Solstice! The Wren's Egg, near Monreith in Galloway is aligned to the Winter Solstice sunset. Read about it in the latest edition of Ancient Times from @stoneclub.bsky.social. #Scotland #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography

A dark, misty night in the graveyard at Whithorn Priory. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Alone in the graveyard on a dark. misty night, with a tawny owl hooting in the tree above me. Wintery atmospherics at Whithorn Priory. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Torhousekie Stone Circle in Galloway. The central setting of three stones is reputed to be the grave of the mythical King Galdus. #StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social

The atmospheric ruins of Sorbie Old Kirk, in The Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #ruins #folkhorror

Cairnholy II Chambered Tomb, in Galloway. Said to be the grave of King Galdus. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography @stoneclub.bsky.social

Lincluden Abbey, founded by Uchtred, son of Fergus of Galloway, in the 12th C. It is said to be home to two apparitions, one of a nun and another of a green lady. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

As the Winter Solstice approaches, look out for my article on The Wren's Egg in Issue 2 of Ancient Times, by @stoneclub.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday #History #Blackandwhitephotography

Port William from the war memorial at Maxwell Park, overlooking the harbour. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

MacDouall of Logan Memorial at Kirkmaiden Church in the Rhins of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

The Aiggin Stone, close to Blackstone Edge. A medieval waymarker, on a packhorse route, overlaying a Roman road, crossing the Pennines. It was once much taller, but has been diminished by numerous falls. #StandingStoneSunday #History #Blackandwhitephotography

he Miners' Library, Wanlockhead. established 1756. Not quite as old as the one in neighbouring Leadhills, which opened in 1741, but still and important resource for working people. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

The atmospheric ruins of Lincluden Abbey, near Dumfries. Hard to believe it is next to a housing estate! #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Port William harbour. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Lincluden Abbey, founded by Uchtred, son of Fergus of Galloway, in the 12th C. It is said to be home to two apparitions, one of a nun and another of a green lady. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Goldscaur Row, Wanlockhead. Scotland's highest village, famed for its lead mines and gold prospecting. A village with many stories. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Rain, rain, rain, then some more rain, followed by rain... Scotland. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

A view of Port William harbour and Main Street, looking north up the coastline of Luce Bay. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Sunrise at Port William on a (rare of late) calm. clear morning. From the war memorial at Maxwell Park, overlooking the harbour. #Scotland #Galloway

Happy Halloween! Troqueer Parish Church, Dumfries. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #Halloween #Samhain

A weather blasted, long dead hawthorn, still clings on at Langmaiden Feys, near Monreith in the Machars of Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway

Calanais, Isle of Lewis. #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland

Lincluden Abbey, near Dumfries. Founded in the mid-12th C by Uchtred of Galloway and immortalised in verse by Burns; Yonder Clouden's silent towers, Where, at moonshine's midnight hours, O'er the dewy-bending flowers, Fairies dance sae cheery. Ca' the yowes to the knowes.

Sunrise at the Rocks of Garheugh, north of Port William in the Machars of Galloway.

Troqueer Parish Church, Dumfries. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #History

Trees reflected in a flooded field in Whithorn, Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway