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Castle O'er

8 ha

📷 Norma Foggo · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

55.22389, -3.19332

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — House Martin, Swallow, Tawny Owl +25 more · last seen 2023; Birds — House Martin, Swallow, Tawny Owl +25 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Jacobaea, Trailing St John's-wort, Grass +222 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Jacobaea, Trailing St John's-wort, Grass +222 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Plants — Water Mint, Peppermint, Bifid Hemp-nettle +23 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Dryomyza anilis, Common Flower Bug · last seen 2025; Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Dryomyza anilis, Common Flower Bug · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route

National Byway in the Solway Firth area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Part of the earthworks of Castle O'er iron age hill fort

📷 Norma Foggo · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Part of the earthworks of Castle O'er iron age hill fort

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Slippery Knowe, SettlementHistoric site700 m→✦The Knowe, SettlementHistoric site800 m→✦Bank Head Hill, SettlementHistoric site1.2 km→✦Yards Rig, SettlementHistoric site1.2 km→✦Haw Birren, SettlementHistoric site1.5 km→✦Tanlawhill, SettlementHistoric site1.6 km→

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