Galloway Glens supported a Glenkens Men’s Shed project to make a replica of the famous Balmaclellan Mirror. The event on the 22nd August 2021, took place in the Smiddy car park in Balmaclellan and the casting was carried out by the Mobile Foundry.

The ‘Can You Dig It’ Community Archaeology Programme was a four year Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership project, providing engaging and educational archaeology activities.

The Building Biographies project recruited volunteers to undertake research into some of the large country houses within Galloway.

The National Trust for Scotland’s Threave Landscape Restoration Project is a ground-breaking, 100 year initiative outside Castle Douglas.

Six booklets created during the Galloway Glens Scheme, supporting some of the different projects and initiatives undertaken.

A report on the work of Dr John Burns who has been investigating the changing language, voices and words of Galloway since 2019.

Grave Encounters: A 2022 volunteer research project into the people memorialised at Kells, New Galloway.

These Data Structure Reports describes works carried out for at several sites as part of the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership (GGLP) community archaeology project Can You Dig It? The Reports presents the results from surveys and test pitting works undertaken at the sites.

In the days before indoor plumbing, wells were obviously essential to the everyday needs of the people, but many held importance which surpassed merely keeping hydrated.

MyGalloway was an exciting project to improve our national historical records and you didn’t even have to leave the house!

In 2021, the ‘Dig It!’ project commissioned Mae Diansangu to write a poem inspired by the investigation of a deserted farmstead called Upper Gairloch on the Raiders Road.

The aim of Go Wild is to foster a deeper connection between children and their local natural
environment, giving children the skills to enjoy and explore the great outdoors.

Milestones have been around since Roman times, but their heyday really began in the 1700s. They were designed not only to inform travellers of directions and distances, but to help coaches keep to schedule. At the height of their era, there were 20,000 miles of roads with milestones across Britain.