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A sheltered and peaceful village on Wigtown Bay near the Cairnsmore of Fleet that rises to 2,331ft.
The Clock Tower commemorates Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
Queen Victoria asked Thomas Carlye what was the finest road in the kingdom he replied ‘the coast road from Creetown to Gatehouse of Fleet’, some 18 miles with impressive seascapes on one side and lush fields and hedges on the other.
The ruined castles of Carsluith and Barholm lie between Creetown and Ravenshall Point.
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- Landmark