Visitor attractions and information - Newton
Stewart
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Galloway Forest Park, Galloway Forest District,
Newton Stewart Tel: 01671 402420. Britain's largest forest park
is 300 square miles of forest, moorland, lochs and mountains
with names like The Merrick, Mullwharcher and the Rhinns of Kells.
Location: On the outskirts
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Creetown
Gem Rock Museum, Chain Road, Creetown, Newton Stewart, Dumfries
and Galloway, DG8 7HJ, Tel: 01671 820357. Owned and run by Tim
and Rosemarie Stephenson it is regarded as one of the finest
private collections of gemstones, crystals, minerals, rocks and
fossils in Great Britain. www.gemrock.net.
About 6 miles south of
Newton Stewart. |
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St Ninian's Chapel, Isle of Whithorn. Ninian,
Scotland's first missionary and saint, founded his church at
Whithorn - well over a century before the much celebrated St
Columba. The chapel behind the harbour frontage street in the
Isle of Whithorn now stands as a restored 14th century reception
chapel, although excavation revealed traces of an earlier, 12th
century chapel. It was used by sea-borne pilgrims visiting the
shrine of St. Ninian and is now in the care of Historic Scotland.
About 15 miles south of
Newton Stewart. |
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Glenluce
Abbey, Newton Stewart Tel: 01581 300541. Glenluce is a Cistercian
abbey founded around 1192 by Roland, Lord of Galloway. The remains,
including a handsome early-16th century chapter house, are set
in a lovely tranquil valley overlooking Luce Bay. The property
is managed by Historic Scotland. About 13 miles west of Newton Stewart. |
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