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Eskdalemuir

Eskdalemuir, high in the hills, holds one of Dumfriesshire’s hidden gems. The Samye Ling Centre, founded in 1967 by two refugee Tibetan abbots, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Western Europe. Not only is it a monastery, it is a place where Tibetan culture, customs and art are preserved. To see its colourful Eastern buildings, its flags flying and its prayer wheels revolving in what is a typical Scottish moorland setting, comes as a great surprise.

Close by is Eskdalemuir Geomagnetic Observatory, opened in 1908. It was built here for an unusual reason. The observatory was originally at Kew in London, but the sensitive geomagnetic instruments used to measure the earth’s magnetic field were affected by the overhead electricity lines used to power trams.

It was at Eskdalemuir in June 1953 that the highest short-term rainfall for Scotland was recorded  - 3.15 inches in half an hour. This represents about 15 per cent of Scotland’s average annual rainfall