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Tongland

The small village of Tongland was once the site of the great Tongland Abbey, founded in 1218 by Fergus, Lord of Galloway, and the scant remains - no more than a medieval archway in a piece of preserved wall - can still be seen in the kirkyard. The abbey’s most famous inmate was Abbot John Damien, known as the “Frenzied Friar of Tongland”, who achieved fame by jumping off the ramparts of Stirling Castle in an attempt to fly like a bird.

Tours are available of Tongland Power Station, the largest generating station in the great Galloway hydroelectric scheme built in the 1930s. Close by is Tongland Bridge, a graceful structure across the Dee designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1805.