"A unique countryside setting that was once the home of famous sculptures"
Walk directions
From the car park, return to the main road and turn right. Cross a cattle grid then turn right and go past the statue to the Marglolly Burn. Turn left and walk along the bank towards Cornlee Bridge. Just before the bridge turn left and head back to the road. You'll come across the stone on which Henry Moore’s Standing Figure was mounted. All that remains are a few metal stumps where thieves cut the sculpture.Â
Turn left and head back along the main road. Just before the entrance to Margreig farm on the right is a muddy track running across the field to a gate in the dry-stone wall. Head up and through the gate then keep straight ahead, uphill and towards a telephone pole. At the pole veer left and follow the track uphill. The Glenkiln Cross should now be visible in front of you.
There are several footpaths and tracks available here. Take the one that is closest to a large tree in front of you. Cross over a burn at the tree and then take the path that skirts to the left of it. Veer right and then head for the high ground. Once the cross comes into view again continue ahead directly towards it.
From the cross turn to face Glenkiln Reservoir and then head downhill towards a telephone pole. Go through a gate in the fence at the bottom of the hill and then turn right on to the road. After a short distance along here a farm track leads uphill to the right. Go through a gate and on to it. To your right on the hillside was the spot where Henry Moore's King and Queen used to stand.
Continue on this track. Go through a gate, pass a small wooded area on your right and then bare hillside until you spot a small stand of Scots pine on the left. Leave the track at this point and continue to the trees where you will see the stone that Epstein’s Visitation was mounted on. All that now remains is a shattered plinth. Return to the track and then continue to the end where you go through a gate, cross over a bridge then turn left on to the road.
Go downhill on this road for 0.5 mile (800m), crossing a cattle grid. Just before the end of the conifer plantation on the left, was where Moore's Two Piece Reclining Figure No 1 was once sited on your right. Follow the road all the way downhill from here, turn left at the junction and continue on this road until you reach the car park.
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.
"A unique countryside setting that was once the home of famous sculptures"
Walk details
2hrs 30min
Difficulty:
Medium
Gradient:
Moderate
Distance:
4.75 miles (7.6kms)
Ascent:
312ft (95m)
Walk directions
From the car park, return to the main road and turn right. Cross a cattle grid then turn right and go past the statue to the Marglolly Burn. Turn left and walk along the bank towards Cornlee Bridge. Just before the bridge turn left and head back to the road. You'll come across the stone on which Henry Moore’s Standing Figure was mounted. All that remains are a few metal stumps where thieves cut the sculpture.Â
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Turn left and head back along the main road. Just before the entrance to Margreig farm on the right is a muddy track running across the field to a gate in the dry-stone wall. Head up and through the gate then keep straight ahead, uphill and towards a telephone pole. At the pole veer left and follow the track uphill. The Glenkiln Cross should now be visible in front of you.
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There are several footpaths and tracks available here. Take the one that is closest to a large tree in front of you. Cross over a burn at the tree and then take the path that skirts to the left of it. Veer right and then head for the high ground. Once the cross comes into view again continue ahead directly towards it.
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From the cross turn to face Glenkiln Reservoir and then head downhill towards a telephone pole. Go through a gate in the fence at the bottom of the hill and then turn right on to the road. After a short distance along here a farm track leads uphill to the right. Go through a gate and on to it. To your right on the hillside was the spot where Henry Moore's King and Queen used to stand.
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Continue on this track. Go through a gate, pass a small wooded area on your right and then bare hillside until you spot a small stand of Scots pine on the left. Leave the track at this point and continue to the trees where you will see the stone that Epstein’s Visitation was mounted on. All that now remains is a shattered plinth. Return to the track and then continue to the end where you go through a gate, cross over a bridge then turn left on to the road.
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Go downhill on this road for 0.5 mile (800m), crossing a cattle grid. Just before the end of the conifer plantation on the left, was where Moore's Two Piece Reclining Figure No 1 was once sited on your right. Follow the road all the way downhill from here, turn left at the junction and continue on this road until you reach the car park.
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.
