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Watermill built around 1800 over the former monastery mill.
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This is the remains of a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1275 (hence the nearby village is called "New Abbey"; the old abbey was Dundrennan to the west near Kirkcudbright). It was founded by Devorguilla in memory of her husband John de Balliol, and she also endowed the Oxford college named for him. She carried his embalmed heart around everywhere in a casket of ivory and silver, until it was buried with her here, though the grave is now lost. In 2024 much of the site is closed awaiting repairs, though you can look at the cloister free .
A kids entertainment place with rides, slides and animals.
Impressive twin-towered triangular castle surrounded by a water filled moat. It was completed in 1270 and wrecked and rebuilt until 1640 when it was abandoned. It's scenic and often used as a film location. An earlier square castle of 1230 is 200 yards south: only foundations remain, and probably it was left unfinished when the advantages of the "new" site were seen.
This is a satellite of the Hunterian in Glasgow West End, with rotating exhibitions drawn from their main collections.
Jones (1747-1792) was a naval hero to the US but pirate to the English. His birthplace is this humble cottage with a small museum.
History museum with local exhibits. The camera obscura, up a spiral staircase on the top floor of an old windmill tower, is closed in 2022.