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Barhill Wood

Wood, Forest in Kirkcudbrightshire

Scotland

Barhill Wood

The A711 leaving Kirkcudbright
The A711 leaving Kirkcudbright Credit: habiloid

Barhill Wood is a charming woodland located in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Nestled amidst the picturesque countryside, this forest covers an expansive area of land, offering visitors a tranquil and serene environment to explore and enjoy nature at its best.

The wood is predominantly composed of native tree species, including oak, birch, and Scots pine, which create a diverse and vibrant ecosystem. The towering trees provide a canopy of shade, while the forest floor is carpeted with a rich layer of moss, ferns, and wildflowers, adding to the woodland's enchanting atmosphere.

A network of well-maintained trails winds through the wood, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in its beauty. These paths range in difficulty, catering to both casual strollers and avid hikers alike. Along the way, visitors may encounter various wildlife species, such as red squirrels, deer, and a myriad of bird species, making Barhill Wood an excellent spot for wildlife enthusiasts and birdwatchers.

Barhill Wood is also home to a diverse range of flora, including rare and endangered species. The wood's management ensures the preservation of these plants, creating a haven for botanists and nature lovers interested in studying and appreciating the unique plant life.

The wood is easily accessible, with parking facilities available nearby. Whether you are seeking a peaceful walk in nature, a spot for a picnic, or a place to explore the rich biodiversity of Scotland, Barhill Wood is a destination that promises to captivate and leave a lasting impression on all who visit.

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The A711 leaving Kirkcudbright
The A711 leaving Kirkcudbright
A track to St. Mary's Isle leaving the A711, Kirkcudbright
A track to St. Mary's Isle leaving the A711, Kirkcudbright
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Cow Green, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Cow Green, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Manxman's Lake seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Manxman's Lake seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Woodland path, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Woodland path, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Woodland path, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Woodland path, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Dee estuary seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from Loch Dee in the Galloway Hills. It passes through Clatteringshaws Loch and Loch Ken towards to Kirkcudbright, where there is a harbour on its banks. It ends at Kirkcudbright Bay where it flows into the Solway Firth. It is approximately 61km long.
The Dee estuary seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from Loch Dee in the Galloway Hills. It passes through Clatteringshaws Loch and Loch Ken towards to Kirkcudbright, where there is a harbour on its banks. It ends at Kirkcudbright Bay where it flows into the Solway Firth. It is approximately 61km long.
The Dee estuary seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from Loch Dee in the Galloway Hills. It passes through Clatteringshaws Loch and Loch Ken towards to Kirkcudbright, where there is a harbour on its banks. It ends at Kirkcudbright Bay where it flows into the Solway Firth. It is approximately 61km long.
The Dee estuary seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from Loch Dee in the Galloway Hills. It passes through Clatteringshaws Loch and Loch Ken towards to Kirkcudbright, where there is a harbour on its banks. It ends at Kirkcudbright Bay where it flows into the Solway Firth. It is approximately 61km long.
The Dee estuary seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from Loch Dee in the Galloway Hills. It passes through Clatteringshaws Loch and Loch Ken towards to Kirkcudbright, where there is a harbour on its banks. It ends at Kirkcudbright Bay where it flows into the Solway Firth. It is approximately 61km long.
The Dee estuary seen from St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from Loch Dee in the Galloway Hills. It passes through Clatteringshaws Loch and Loch Ken towards to Kirkcudbright, where there is a harbour on its banks. It ends at Kirkcudbright Bay where it flows into the Solway Firth. It is approximately 61km long.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Track, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright
St Mary's Isle in a peninsula in the estuary of the River Dee to the south of Kirkcudbright. It lies between Manxman's Lake and Goat Well Bay. At low tide it is about 1.75km long and 550m wide at its widest. The tidal island of Inch lies to its south off Point of the Isle. There was an Augustinian Priory on the Isle between the 12th and 16th centuries; all traces of it were removed when the Earls of Selkirk landscaped the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The River Dee Looking back towards Kirkcudbright. Viewed from the B727 near Fish House Wood.
The River Dee
Looking back towards Kirkcudbright. Viewed from the B727 near Fish House Wood.
Buckland Burn Downstream from Buckland Bridge.
Buckland Burn
Downstream from Buckland Bridge.
Minor Road SW of Buckland Bridge
Minor Road SW of Buckland Bridge
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Barhill Wood is located at Grid Ref: NX6850 (Lat: 54.83226, Lng: -4.044792)

Unitary Authority: Dumfries and Galloway

Police Authority: Dumfries and Galloway

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