Above Barsalloch Point, Dumfries and Galloway
Look out from a 2,000-year-old cliff-side fort and trace its deep defensive ditch.
Barsalloch Fort was probably a farmstead inhabited by a tribe, known to the Romans as the Novantae. Its defences indicate that it may have been home to a minor chief.
The fort clings to a sea cliff, with views out to the Isle of Man, the Mull of Galloway and the coast of Northern Ireland.
Barsalloch Fort is open year-round.
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