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Brow is a hamlet on the B725 lying around 3 km from Ruthwell in the Parish of that name. The Raffles Burn runs through the site, marked on maps as the Brow Burn it flows into the Solway Firth at Lochar Bay. When you visit Brow, Dumfries and Galloway, Walkfo brings Brow, Dumfries and Galloway places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Brow, Dumfries and Galloway Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Brow, Dumfries and Galloway
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Brow, Dumfries and Galloway history
The name may refer to the site that ‘faces or confronts’ the Lochar Water and the Solway Firth. The hamlet in 1747 consisted of four or more buildings on a minor road between Ruthwell and Caerlaverock. Used as a staging post by drovers taking their cattle to England for sale, the hamlet had at Burns’ time around a dozen houses.
The Brow Well
The Grade C Listed well (NGR NY 308505, 567509) is a roughly ‘L’ shaped tank with ashlar red sandstone walls entered via stone steps. The iron rich water was originally taken from a pipe using an iron cup attached to a chain. A drain takes the water to the nearby Raffles or Brow Burn.
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Best Brow, Dumfries and Galloway places to visit
Brow, Dumfries and Galloway has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Brow, Dumfries and Galloway’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Brow, Dumfries and Galloway’s information audio spots:
Ruthwell Cross
The Ruthwell Cross is a stone cross probably dating from the 8th century. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture. The cross was smashed by Presbyterian iconoclasts in 1642. The pieces were restored and re-erected in the manse garden in 1823 by Henry Duncan.
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here Brow, Dumfries and Galloway has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Brow, Dumfries and Galloway 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 Brow, Dumfries and Galloway using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Brow, Dumfries and Galloway plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.