The Cistercians farmed their huge estates via lay-brothers drawn from the local community to produce wool and other agricultural products for export, using the most 'modern' farming techniques. The 12th century also saw the division of ...
I'm looking to take my lad (8yrs) on a father son canoe camping journey on Loch Ken, thinking St John's Town of Dalry down to Tongland loch. I used to fish near here when I was a lad, around New Galloway's bridge of Ken & Earlstoun. ...