Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest
Appendix

 

 

1. ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS COVERING DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY:
Landranger and Explorer Map number, year published and edition

 

OS LANDRANGER (1:50 000 scale)

71   2011 B3   Lanark & Upper Nithsdale (for Kirkconnel area)

76   2007 C3  Girvan

77   2011 B3   Dalmellington & New Galloway

78   2011 B2- Nithsdale & Annandale

79   2009 C2- Hawick & Eskdale

82   2007 C2  Stranraer & Glenluce

83   2010 C2  Newton Stewart & Kirkcudbright

84   2012 B4   Dumfries & Castle Douglas

85   2009 D1  Carlisle & Solway Firth

86   2009 D1  Haltwhistle & Brampton (for very small area of Liddesdale only – easternmost point of D&G)

 

OS EXPLORER (1:25 000 scale):

309 2006 A1   Stranraer & The Rhins

310 2006 A1   Glenluce & Kirkcowan

311 2006 A1   Wigtown, Whithorn & The Machars

312 2006 A1   Kirkcudbright & Castle Douglas

313 2006 A1   Dumfries & Dalbeattie, New Abbey

314 2006 A2   Solway Firth, Wigton & Silloth (this map duplicates area of D&G covered by Explorer maps 322 and 323)

315 2010 A2- Carlisle, Brampton, Longtown & Gretna Green (this map duplicates area of D&G covered by Explorer map 323)

317 2006 A1   Ballantrae, Bar & Barrhill

318 2006 A1   Galloway Forest Park North, Glen Trool & Loch Doon, St John’s Town of Dalry

319 2006 A1   Galloway Forest Park South, Glen Trool & Clatteringshaws Loch, Newton Stewart

320 2006 A1   Castle Douglas, Loch Ken & New Galloway

321 2006 A1   Nithsdale & Dumfries, Thornhill

322 2006 A1   Annandale, Annan, Lockerbie & Beattock

323 2009 A3   Eskdale & Castle O’er Forest, Langholm, Canonbie & Gretna Green

324 2006 A2   Liddesdale & Kershope Forest

327 2006 A1   Cumnock & Dalmellington, Mauchline

328 2006 A1   Sanquhar & New Cumnock, Muirkirk

329 2006 A1   Lowther Hills, Sanquhar & New Cumnock

330 2006 A1   Moffat & St Mary’s Loch, Megget Reservoir

331 2006 A1   Teviotdale South, Hawick (for small area of Eskdalemuir Forest only)

 

2. PHILIP’S STREET ATLAS DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY (Mapping sourced from Ordnance Survey):

First edition published June 2006 in two sizes:

1. Spiral-bound  ISBN: 0540088722.  205 pages.  Mapping is at a scale of 1.75 inches to 1 mile with larger scale mapping of 3.5 inches to 1 mile.

2. Pocket edition ISBN: 0540088730.  205 pages.  Mapping is at a scale of 1.333 inches  to 1 mile with larger scale mapping of 2.666 inches to 1 mile.

 

3. REFERENCES:
The following are some of the publications that have proved useful in the preparation and revisions of this guide:

 

Ancient Britain – Historical Map.  Ordnance Survey 2005 (Edition C).

The Border Towers of Scotland: The West March. Alastair M.T. Maxwell-Irving.  Creedon Publications 2000.

The Cairnryan Military Railway 1941-1959. Bill Gill.  Stranraer & District Local History Trust 1999.

The Cairn Valley Light Railway. Ian Kirkpatrick.  Oakwood Press 2000.

The Castles of Galloway. R.M. Smith. Trearne Press 2007.

The Celtic Place-names of Scotland.  W.J. Watson.  Birlinn 1993 (reprint).

Churches to Visit in Scotland. John R Hume.  St Andrew Press/Scotland’s Churches Scheme 2005.

Dumfries and Galloway – An Illustrated Architectural Guide. John R Hume.  The Rutland Press 2000.

Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland). John Gifford.  Penguin 1996.

Dumfries and Galloway (Exploring Scotland’s Heritage). Geoffrey Stell.  RCAHMS 1986 (1st edition).

Dumfries and Galloway (Exploring Scotland’s Heritage). Geoffrey Stell.  RCAHMS 1996 (2nd edition).

Dumfries and Galloway’s Lost Railways. Gordon Stansfield. Stenlake Publishing 1998.

Galloway – A Land Apart. Andrew McCulloch.  Birlinn 2000.

Galloway and the Borders (New Naturalist Series). Collins 2007.

The Galloway Hills – A Walker’s Paradise.  George Brittain.

The Girvan & Portpatrick Junction Railway. C Fryer.  Oakwood Press 1994.

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Aubrey Burl.  Yale UP 1995.

Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick. Rev. C.H. Dick.  GCB 2001 (Special edition).

Historic Scotland Guide.  HS (Annual publication).

Illustrated Road Book of Scotland.  AA/Letts 1971.

The Industrial Archaeology of Galloway. David & Charles 1971.

Kirkcudbrightshire Companion. Galloway Publishing 2008.

Landmark Trust Handbook. LT (Annual publication).

The Lost Railway Lines of Galloway. Alasdair Wham.  GCB 1996.

The Making of Scotland. Robin Smith.  Canongate 2001.

The National Trust for Scotland Guide.  NTS (Annual publication).

The Place-Names of Galloway. Herbert Maxwell.  Castlepoint Press 2001 (Reprint).

The RAF in Galloway 1910-2000. A.T. Merchie. GCB 2000.

Roman Britain – Historical Map.  Ordnance Survey 2001 (5th edition).

Roman Scotland – Frontier Country. Batsford 2006 (Revised edition).

Scotland: An Encyclopaedia of Places & Landscape. Collins 2006.

Scotland the Best.  Peter Irvine.  Collins 2005.

Scottish Place Names.  George Mackay.  Lomond 2000.

The Southern Upland Way (Recreational Path Guide). Anthony Burton.  Aurum/Ordnance Survey 1997.

Top Secret – The Second World War in Dumfries & Galloway.  Stranraer Museum, Dumfries & Galloway Museum Services 2003.

Tunnel and Dam – The Story of the Galloway Hydros. George Hill.  South of Scotland Electricity Board 1986.

25 Walks Dumfries and Galloway. Tom Prentice.  HMSO 1995.

Walks in Dumfries and Galloway. Mary Welsh. Clan Books 2000.

Wigtownshire Companion. Galloway Publishing 2008.