Stranraer
Stranraer is a Town in the county of Dumfries and Galloway.
Stranraer postcode: DG9 7RT
There are great places to visit near Stranraer.
Stranraer History
There are some historic monuments around Stranraer:
- Meikle Tongue, hut circle 930m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7511
- East Galdenoch, fort 450m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7411
- Kirminnoch,enclosure and ring ditches 250m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5791
- Barsolus Cottage, enclosure 150m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7412
- Creachmore Cottage, barrow 110m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7344
- Beoch Burn, hut circle & enclosure 500m NNW of Braid Fell Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7460
- Drumacissock, hut circle 990m SSE of Awies Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7073
- Braid, farmstead and cultivation remains 1200m ENE of Beoch Secular: farmstead SM7357
- Brockloch,cairn,Cairn Hill Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1919
- Awies, hut circle 700m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7466
- Taxing Stone,standing stone 180m NNW of Little Laight Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1950
- Claywarnies, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6890
- Craigcaffie, palisaded enclosure 410m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM7347
- Diddles Hill, cairn 800m WNW of Dalhabboch Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7468
- High Croach, settlement 750m NE of Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM7356
- Kirkcolm cross-slab, Ervie-Kirkcolm Parish Church churchyard Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM10512
- Castle Kennedy House, fort 630m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7500
- Balker Moor, cairn 1470m NNE of Balker Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7518
- Mains of Caldons, enclosure 260m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7362
- Mark Cottage, unenclosed settlement 1150m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7409
- Little Lochans, ring-ditch house 410m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM7370
- High Milton, dun 230m NE of SM4814
- Soulseat Abbey, abbey & burial-ground 700m NNW of Mahaar Ecclesiastical: abbey SM7426
- Diddles Hill, hut circle & field system 900m WNW of Dalhabboch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7462
- Kirminnoch, ring-ditches and associated remains 870m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7438
- East Galdenoch, enclosures 450m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7446
- Balgreggan,motte Secular: motte SM2305
- Teroy Fort, broch, Craigcaffie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1999
- Drummuckloch Hill, cairn & standing stone 1140m NNE of Drummuckloch Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7413
- Knock and Maize,standing stone 190m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM5068
- Garthland Mains, enclosure 240m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7371
- High Croach, hut circle 650m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7391
- Gallahill,cairn 300m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4789
- Drummuckloch Hill, hut circle 1070m NNE of Drummuckloch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7385
- Drummuckloch Hill, hut circles & field system 900m NE of Drummuckloch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7378
- High Croach, fermtoun 250m ESE of Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM7355
- Barsolus, fort 240m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7447
- Pennyliggit, palisaded enclosure 350m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM7410
- Tor of Craigoch,fort 1200m NW of Leswalt Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2001
- Dalminnoch, enclosure 250m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7349
- Innermessan Mote,motte Secular: motte SM2020
- Sheuchan, enclosure 400m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7499
- Cults Loch, crannog 770m ESE of Castle Kennedy House Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog SM7502
- Barsolus, palisaded enclosures 490m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM7440
- Mahaar, ring-ditches 400m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM7435
- Chlenry Cottages, enclosure 420m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM7494
- Cairn Macneilie, cairn 360m ESE of Inch Parks Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM310
- Dunskey Castle Secular: castle SM2017
- Beoch, palisaded enclosures 800m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM7360
- Little Lochans, barrow & ring-ditches 520m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7372
- Loan Hill, cairn 500m NW of Little Tongue Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7514
- Mahaar, barrow 320m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7445
- Glenhead of Aldouran, fort 270m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1983
- Cairn Pat, or Piot, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1958
- Mye Plantation,pitfall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: posthole setting SM2485
- Beoch, cairn 1300m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7404
- Black Loch, crannog on Heron Isle Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog SM7492
- Little Tongue, hut circles 660m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7503
- East Galdenoch, enclosures 100m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM7427
- Cairnerzean,hut circle 2600m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5113
- Cairnerzean Fell,farmstead and enclosure 1450m SW of Secular: farmstead SM5130
- Port O`Spittal,motte 1120m W of Secular: motte SM4772
- White Cairn, cairn 1600m NNE of Beoch Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7403
- Craigcaffie, palisaded enclosure 280m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM7348
- Fairy Knowes, hut circle 1400m ENE of High Croach Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7383
- Beoch, palisaded enclosure 470m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM7359
- Fort Cottage,fort 1360m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5128
- Castle Kennedy Secular: castle SM2013
- Diddles Hill, hut circles & enclosures 800m W of Dalhabboch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Secular: farmstead SM7076
- Awies, hut circle and shielings 670m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Secular: shieling SM7469
- Mark Cottage, palisaded enclosure 1010m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM7408
- Culgrange, enclosures 340m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM7367
- Portpatrick,old parish kirk Ecclesiastical: church SM2008
- Old Hall, 480m ENE of Meikle Laight Secular: house SM10430
- Knock and Maize,farmstead 250m SE of Secular: farmstead SM5118
- Beoch, farmstead 340m E of Secular: farmstead SM7358
- Little Tongue, hut circle 1050m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7512
- Cairn Connell Hill, enclosed settlements 480m NNW of Clendrie Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM7351
- Awies, hut circle 420m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7465
- Cairnerzean,farmstead,cairns and field systems 2100m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field clearance cairn, cairnfield; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain); Secular: farmstead SM5136
- Little Tongue, hut circle 410m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7509
- Mid Dinduff, fort 100m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7343
- Long Tom,standing stone,Mildown Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1942
- Garthland Mains, enclosures 190m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7396
- Kildrochat House, fort 250m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7366
- West Galdenoch, ring-ditch & enclosure 250m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM7364
- Awies, hut circle and cairn 480m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM7475
- Garthland Cottages, palisaded enclosure 120m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM7361
- Leswalt, Old Parish Church Ecclesiastical: church SM7875
- Chlenry, ring-ditches 380m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM7495
- Kirklauchlane Farm,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1987
- Mid Ochtrelure, enclosure 250m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM7368
- Mark, enclosed settlement E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7441
- Mark, settlement 820m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM7437
History of Stranraer
By 1600, Stranraer had become the market town for western Wigtownshire. At about this time, Stranraer was reached by a military road built from Dumfries to allow easier access to Portpatrick for transportation of people to Ireland for the “Plantation of Ulster”. Stranraer became a royal burgh in 1617.
