Tor of Craigoch - Agnew Monument and Iron Age Hillfort

As you follow the footpath you cross over the collapsed walls of the Iron Age hillfort. These walls are now reduced to a spread of stones hidden in the gorse and rhododenrons but they once formed two massive ramparts encircling the hill.

The monument was built in 1850 in memory of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw Castle; he was the Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire and a leader of the Teetotal and Sunday observance movements.

The view across Loch Ryan is magnificent and shows the strategic and defensive importance of the site. Close to the road, just beyond the car park, are some ruined concrete buildings (no public access); these are the rains of a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun battery, one of a series built to protect the loch. And looking south, marked by a telecommunications mast, is Cairn Pat, the site of another Iron Age fort.

Contact

The Curator

Leswalt
Stranraer
Dumfries & Galloway
DG9
Scotland

Tel: +44 (1776) 705088