Other sights in Dumfries & Galloway
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Dumfries House
A Palladian mansion designed in the 1750s by the Adam brothers, Dumfries House is an architectural jewel: such is its preservation that Prince Charles personally intervened to ensure its protection. It contains an extraordinarily well-preserved collection of Chippendale furniture and numerous objets d’art. Visits are by guided tour; book ahead by phone or internet. The once-daily Grand Tour (adult/child £12.50/4) also takes you to the bedrooms upstairs. The house is located 13 miles east of Ayr, near Cumnock. Buses from Ayr or Kilmarnock to Cumnock will drop you near the house.
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Lighthouse
The 26m-high lighthouse, at the Mull of Galloway, was built by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the writer, in 1826. You can learn more about the Stevenson clan of lighthouse builders in the small exhibition at the lighthouse’s base.
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Mill on the Fleet Museum
Back in town, Mill on the Fleet Museum, in a converted 18th-century cotton mill, traces the history of the local industry. The town was originally planned as workers’ accommodation.
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St Michael's Kirk
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