Portpatrick – Dumfries & Galloway Portpatrick Scotland is a picture-perfect town set on a small bay on the west coast of Scotland. Pastel coloured houses and buildings line the bay.

This makes it Dumfries’ second-biggest claim to fame – with a tip of the hat to its being named Scotland’s happiest town last October – the first being its association with Robert Burns.

However, Dr Christopher Bowles, co-director of the excavation work in Dumfries and Galloway, said that may not have been the case. Image source, DGNHAS / GUARD Archaeology Ltd Image caption, ...

The new HQ for GB Energy will be in Scotland, but the UK Government hasn't decided where. Dumfries & Galloway is the latest council to propose a… ...

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, SCOTLAND—The Guardian reports that the more than 100 objects in the Galloway Hoard, discovered in western Scotland in 2014, have been cleaned and conserved. Removal of ...

The Borders and Dumfries and Galloway have both delivered large majorities against independence for Scotland. The first of the two south of Scotland results declared was at about 04:30 in Dumfries ...

Archaeological research at a site in Galloway suggests it may have been at the heart of a "lost kingdom" from the Dark Ages.

Archaeological research at a site in Galloway has suggested it may have been at the heart of a "lost kingdom" from the Dark Ages. Ronan Toolis led the excavation works at Trusty's Hill Fort at ...