Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, on top of cliffs over looking the sea, with dark clouds above.
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
Wet, wave rippled sand on a beach at low tide, reflecting light. There is the dark silhouette of a headland in the distance on the left.
Moonlight at Auchenmalg.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of an ancient cemetery, with leaning gravestones on a hillside. In the middle distance is the remains of a church, part of which has been restored as a mausoleum. Behind, the hillside slopes from right to left, down to the beach and the sea.
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.
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Black and white photo of water and wet sand on a beach, reflecting light, with clouds overhead.
Morning light at Port William.
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Black and white photo of a Scottish, three story tower house. In front is a track and a wooden five bar gate, between dry stone walls.
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.
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Black and white photo of a twisted hawthorn tree on a rocky, grassy slope, with fields beyond.
A twisted hawthorn on top of a rocky knoll, in the Machars of Galloway.
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Black and white photo of a single tree in low lying mist on a field.
Mist on the fields, the Machars of Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of leaning gravestones in the mist.
Nothing says Galloway quite like a graveyard in the mist! Glasserton Church near Whithorn.
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Atmospheric black and white image of an old Scottish Tower House, with bare trees in front.
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.
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Black and white photo of trees in mist.
Misty trees at Whithorn.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of a Georgian built country house, in the manner of castle, with turrets at each corner. Surrounded by trees, the sun is sinking behind the house and light shines through the empty window frames.
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.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of a stone circle, composed of rounded boulders, evenly spaced around a slightly raised platform and a central setting of three stones. The sun is sinking behind a dark cloud.
Torhousekie Stone Circle, near Wigtown, in The Machars of Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of trees in the mist.
Misty fields, Whithorn in The Machars of Galloway.
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Black and white photo of a ruined Georgian style castle, surrounded by trees under dark clouds.
Gelston Castle, near Castle Douglas, Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of bare trees in a field, as light breaks through the leaden skies above.
Bare winter trees at Glasserton.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, on top of cliffs over looking the sea, with dark clouds above.
Storm clouds approach 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.
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Black and white photo of hedgerows and a tree, just visible in a mist covered field.
A misty Monday morning in Grey Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white image of an old Scottish Tower House, with bare trees in front.
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.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of bare trees along a broken down dry stone dyke across a field. Light shine through misty drizzle.
A winter landscape in the Machars of Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, on top of cliffs over looking the sea, with dark clouds above.
The romantic ruins of Dunskey Castle, perch on cliffs looking over the North Channel to Ireland. Built in the 14th C by the Adairs, the castle was burnt in 1489 by Cutter McCulloch of Myrton and rebuilt in 1510.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of light breaking through dark clouds, reflected in wet sand on a beach at low tide. In the foreground are small rocks with a headland in the distance.
Winter at Monreith Bay, Galloway. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Atmospheric black and white photo of an ancient cemetery, with leaning gravestones on a hillside. On the lefty is a drystone dyke and tree, to the right in the middle distance is the remains of a church, part of which has been restored as a mausoleum. Behind, the hillside slopes from right to left, down to the beach and the sea.
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
Atmospheric black and white photo of a storm damaged tree with a broken trunk, in a field, with a dark sky above. To the left is another tree, leaning at an angle.
Eerie looking stump of a storm damaged tree at Glasserton, Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of a beach at low tide, with the wet sand reflecting light in the sky. Sea cliffs are to the left and dark clouds are above, with light breaking in the top right corner.
Winter at Monreith Bay, Galloway.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, on top of cliffs over looking the sea, with dark clouds above.
The romantic ruins of Dunskey Castle, perch on cliffs looking over the North Channel to Ireland. Built in the 14th C by the Adairs, the castle was burnt in 1489 by Cutter McCulloch of Myrton and rebuilt in 1510.
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Image description Black and white photo of a bridge leading to an old mill building. The ground is wet and the air heavy with rain.
Queen Mary's Bridge and mill, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart, on a soaking Saturday.
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Black and white photo of rocks in a grassy field. To the left is a bare tree and beyond are hedgerows and fields.
Rocks in a field at the foot of the Fell of Barhullion, near Monreith.
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Black and white photo showing the rears of 18th/19th century buildings forming a 'close' or passageway between streets.
The old closes of Dumfries town centre.
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Atmospheric black and white photo of grassy tussocks leading to a small pond and a reed bed, with trees and gorse bushes beyond.
A boggy pond on farmland at Rispain, near Whithorn.
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Black and white photo of a tall, slim standing stone, surrounded by short grass. Behind is a small fence and partial view of a track leading to the horizon, where there is a clump of trees. Dark clouds brood overhead.
Darkness falls at Drumtroddan Standing Stones.
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