Pics

This page hosts pictures of Straiton and the surrounding countryside: if you have any photos (good ones!) you would like to submit, please contact us using the form on the About this Website page.

The photos below are from the Geograph website, and are the copyright of their respective authors. Thanks to Walter Baxter, Mary and Angus Hogg, David Johnston, Philip Jeffrey, W F Millar and Billy McCrorie

Below, some great photos by Charlie Craig, artist and resident of Straiton

Below, new high resolution photos © Charlie Craig – Straiton in the snow, fantastic shots from Monument Hill: Jan. 2013.

Below, some shots of the fantastic views from Guiltree Hill towards the hills. Thanks to Carol Watt. You can see monument hill clearly, as well as Bennan Hill with its triangle of forest, Cornish Hill with the notch in it (I think?) and the big hills of the Awful Hand Range behind, Shalloch-on-Minnoch and is the distant one Merrick? Anyone who can help confirm, please contact us!

Below, two photos by Andy Hardy of Dyke Farm Cottage. The Orion nebula in all its glory, and a young barn owl.

Below, four photos of a beautiful snowy winter by Eddie O’Gorman

Below, some large composite photos of the Straiton and the hills around

looking northwest – Craigengower and the monument to the right, Sclenteuch forest to the left. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37913 03374: 13th March 2013 : part 1 of 360° panorama
looking ESE – Doonan’s hill in foreground centre, with Big Hill of the Baing behind it. Centre distance, the big snow-cap of Cairnsmore of Carsphairn. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37913 03374: 13th March 2013 : part 2 of 360° panorama
looking SSE – steep Craig Hill in sunshine to the left foreground (snowy summits of Coran of Portmark and Meaul in the distance behind. Left centre: the rocky slopes of Genoch Inner Hill (in shadow – middle distance). To the right of Genoch Inner Hill, the cleft pyramid of Cornish Hill, and then (moving right) the snowy summit of Merrick, and the big bulk of Shalloch on Minnoch to the right. In the foreground, down a little from Shalloch on Minnoch, is Linfairn farm, surely one of the most beautifully situated farms in Scotland. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37913 03374: 13th March 2013 : part 3 of 360° panorama
Looking SW (and into the sun). The forested slopes up past Knockskae (Balbeg burn hidden by the foreground of Bennan Hill). Just visible, to the right hand side, the top of Back Fell (Glenalla Fell) – whose beautiful conical shape overlooks the path from Patna to Barr – and a quiet wilderness which is home to much wildlife. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37913 03374: 13th March 2013 : part 4 of 360° panorama
looking due West – the unmistakeable forms of Black Hill of Knockgardner and Green Hill of Knockgardner, and between them, in the blue distance, Ailsa Craig. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37913 03374: 13th March 2013 : part 5 of 360° panorama
looking WNW over the woods of the Blairquhan estate: Arran and Goat Fell, (centre left distance), Maybole: and then Ayr, Irvine, Argyll, and the distant snows of the highlands. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37913 03374: 13th March 2013 : part 6 of 360° panorama
Looking south into the heart of the Galloway Forest Park, with Genoch Inner Hill and Linfairn farm in the middle distance. © Jonathan Meuli : 17.5mm lens : from from the summit of Bennan Hill : NS 37888 02876: 13th March 2013
The beautiful conservation village of Straiton, lying between Craigengower and Bennan hill, as you arrive on the B7045 from Kirkmichael. ©Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 37820 05249: 13th March 2013 : approx 110° panorama
Straiton seen from the bridge over the Water of Girvan on the B741 (Dailly/Crosshill road). Monument hill behind the trees. ©Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 37695 04969: 13th March 2013 : approx 160° panorama
Straiton seen from the bridge over the Water of Girvan on the B741 (Dailly/Crosshill road). Forested Bennan hill left centre and extening to the right. ©Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 37695 04969: 13th March 2013 : approx 160° panorama
Straiton seen from junction of two paths: the old track to Patna, and the path to Altizourie. Largs Hill and Monument Hill dominate the view to the southeast. ©Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 38900 06013: 13th March 2013 : part 1 of approx 160° panorama
Straiton seen from junction of two paths: the old track to Patna, and the path to Altizourie. Looking SW, you can see wooded Bennan hill in the centre. To its left, the Girvan valley goes up into the Galloway forest, past Linfairn, visible on the far side of the valley. Centre right, the white houses of Straiton, with Back Fell in the distance above. To the right, Green and Black Hill of Knockgardner. ©Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 38900 06013: 13th March 2013 : part 2 of approx 160° panorama
looking from near the turn to Altizourie, on the B7045. The fringes of Sclenteuch forest just visible above the pasture to the left of the road: Monument hill just beginning to the right in the distance. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 37288 06501: 13th March 2013 : part 1 of 180° panorama
looking from near the turn to Altizourie, on the B7045. Bennan Hill on the right and the Monument Hill (Craigengower) on the left frame the entry into the upper Girvan valley, where the Newton Stewart road leads up into the Galloway Forest. Straiton lies hidden at the foot of these two hills. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 37288 06501: 13th March 2013 : part 2 of 180° panorama
looking from near the turn to Altizourie, on the B7045. The tower of Blairquhan castle visible to the right. In the background, Green Hill of Knockgardner and Black Hill of Knockgardner. © Jonathan Meuli : 75mm lens : from NS 37288 06501: 13th March 2013 : part 3 of 180° panorama