Welcome to Visit Auldgirth Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Auldgirth
Visit Auldgirth places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Auldgirth places to visit. A unique way to experience Auldgirth’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Auldgirth as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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The name Auldgirth is from Middle English ald(e) girth, meaning ‘old enclosure’ At one time it had a manned railway station, situated one mile south of the village. Carse Loch and Friar’s Carse country house hotel are located nearby. When you visit Auldgirth, Walkfo brings Auldgirth places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Auldgirth Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Auldgirth
Visit Auldgirth – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 10 audio plaques & Auldgirth places for you to explore in the Auldgirth area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Auldgirth places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Auldgirth with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Auldgirth places with Walkfo Auldgirth to hear history at Auldgirth’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Auldgirth has 10 places to visit in our interactive Auldgirth map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Auldgirth, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Auldgirth places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Auldgirth & the surrounding areas.
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10 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Auldgirth places to visit
Auldgirth has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Auldgirth’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Auldgirth’s information audio spots:
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation was created by landscape architect Charles Jencks at his home, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Like much of Jencks’ work, the garden is inspired by modern cosmology.
Ellisland Farm
Ellisland Farm lies about 6.5 mi/10.4 km northwest of Dumfries near the village of Auldgirth. The complex is a museum in the farm Robert Burns built, lived in and farmed from 1788 until 1791.
The Hermitage, Friars Carse
The Hermitage was a folly first built by Captain Robert Riddell of Friars Carse as part of his enthusiasm for antiquities. It is famous for its connection with the bard Robert Burns who used it to compose poetry in this secluded and tranquil sylvan spot.
Carse Loch
Carse Loch is situated (NX 926 849) in a low-lying area, surrounded by woodland, close to the A76 at Friar’s Carse. It was once used as a monastic fish pond and the friars are said to have hidden their treasures on the crannog in times of danger.
Visit Auldgirth plaques
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here Auldgirth has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Auldgirth plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Auldgirth using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Auldgirth plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.