>> historic rural settlement sites in the south of Scotland

Craik Forest
Includes prehistoric settlements, a stretch of Roman road and medieval farmsteads.

Glenochar Bastle and Fermtoun, Lanarkshire (Biggar Museum)
17th century bastle and fermtoun.

Hirsel Country Park
Estate of the Earls of Home including foundations of an early, apsidal church, and a permanent exhibition in the steading museum.

Hume Castle
Originally built in the 13th century as a courtyard castle and restored as a folly in 1794.

Newcastleton Forest
Exhibition of forestry past and present, remains of an Iron Age hillfort and the sites of former farmsteads.

Polmaddy, Kirkcudbrightshire (The Forestry Commission)
Pre-Improvement village.

Whitrope Toll
Remains of 18th century tollhouse.

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