Dark Galloway

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Adventures in a historic landscape. Dark tales and photography from Northern Britain. #Scotland #NorthernBritain #Galloway #history #legend #folklore

Black and white photo of bare, twisted trees, with mist beyond.
Black and white photo depicting a tall standing stone in sunlight, placed in a grassy field with a group of trees in the distance. A short fence is behind the stone.
Black and white photo of a Georgian mansion house, with a small cannon mounted on a plinth, placed on the lawn in front of the house.
Black and white photo of a roofless, ruined church. Breaking light, casts shadows of the tombstones across the grass.
Atmospheric black and white photo of two small standing stones in a grassy field, with trees in the middle distance, under dark clouds.
Black and white photo of old stone steps leading to a Georgian manor house. The surrounding grass is long and unkempt.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a large standing stone, next ro fence and dry stone wall. A house is in the middle distance and behind that, the sea. Dark clouds are overhead.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined house among rough pasture, with the standing stones of Calanais distant on the horizon, under a dark sky.
In the foreground is a celtic cross style gravestone, with other gravestones and neo-gothic type church behind.
Black and white photo of a ruined tower house on a cliff over looking a beach.
Early morning oblique light falls on a rocky outcrop on top of a moorland hill. the uppermost stone features three indentations known as The Druid's Seat.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a large standing stone, back-lit by the sun.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a medieval gatehouse and lookout tower, back-lit by the sun.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle under a dark sky.
Atmospheric black and white image of an old Scottish Tower House, with bare trees in front.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ground-fast boulder in a grassy field. There are trees in the middle distance and dramatic dark clouds above.
Atmospheric black and white photo of the interior showing the crumbling walls of a ruined castle.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a small parish church, with neatly aligned gravestones in front and flanked by trees.
Black and white photo of a Georgian country house, surrounded by trees, from a grassy lawn.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a large standing stone in a grassy enclosure. Two other fallen stones lay nearby.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle under a dark sky.
Atmospheric black and white photo of castle ruins on a cliff overlooking the sea, with a labyrinth in the foreground and clouds overhead.
Black and white photo of a ruined Georgian style castle, surrounded by trees under dark clouds, with a brick maze laid in the lawn in the foreground.
Black and white photo of a hawthorn tree, with grass in the foreground and a clear sky.
Atmospheric black and white photo of two small standing stones to the left of the frame, in a grassy field. There are trees in the middle distance and dramatic dark clouds above.
Black and white photo of a roofless, ruined church. Breaking light, casts shadows of the tombstones across the grass.
Black and white photo of a burn, cutting across a shingle beach at low tide, under dark clouds.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle under a dark sky.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, surrounded by bare trees.
Atmospheric black and white photo of Lockerbie War Memorial, a statue of winged victory holding a sword and wreath, on a square plinth. Behind the memorial are the late 19th century Tower Buildings, with dark clouds above.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a large standing stone, back-lit by the sun.
Black and white photo of a gothic church tower, over the high wall of a walled garden.
Black and white photo of a ruined tower house on a cliff over looking a beach.
Atmospheric black and white photo of the standing stones of a neolithic chambered tomb, showing the landscape beyond, under dark skies.
Black and white photo of a ruined stone tower house, on over grown earthworks in woodland.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ground-fast boulder in a grassy field. There are trees in the middle distance and dramatic dark clouds above.
Atmospheric black and white photo of dark clouds above a beach, with light reflecting in wet sand,
Black and white photo of a hawthorn tree, with grass in the foreground and a clear sky.
Black and white photo of a rock strewn beach at low tide, looking towards a headland. The sky is clear apart from a single high cloud, looking like a contrail.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a medieval gatehouse and lookout tower, back-lit by the sun.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a 17th/18th century church, with a gothic belltower, added in 1837. Gravestones line the foreground, with trees behind and dark clouds above.
Black and white photo of a ruined tower house on a cliff over looking a beach.
Black and white photo of an oblique light on a rock revealing an ancient cup and ring mark. Trees are silhouetted against a sunset sky.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a large rock on a sandy beach, with cliffs behind and dark clouds above.
Black and white photo of a ruined tower house, stood in a field under a dramatic sky.
Black and white photo of a roofless, ruined church. Breaking light, casts shadows of the tombstones across the grass.
Atmospheric black and white photo of rocks in a calm sea, with a headland in the middle distance and dark clouds above.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a medieval gatehouse and lookout tower, back-lit by the sun, with high cloud.
Atmospheric black and white photo of castle ruins on a cliff overlooking the sea, with clouds overhead.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined building among trees in a misty wood.
Black and white photo of a ruined tower house on a cliff over looking a beach.
Black and white photo of a ruined stone tower house, on over grown earthworks in woodland.
Atmospheric black and white photo, depicting gravestones in the foreground and the misty outline of a church with a bell tower behind.
Black and white photo of trees in low lying mist on a field.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, surrounded by bare trees.
Atmospheric black and white photo of bare trees in a field, as light breaks through the leaden skies above.
Atmospheric black and white photo of light breaking through dark clouds, reflected in wet sand on a beach at low tide. In the foreground are small rocks with a headland in the distance.
Black and white photo of a ruined Georgian style castle, surrounded by trees under dark clouds.
Atmospheric black and white photo, depicting gravestones in the foreground and the misty outline of a church with a bell tower behind.
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, on top of cliffs over looking the sea, with dark clouds above.