Back by popular demand, Happy Snail Crafts’ Beltie Beanies ! And new for the season, the Ogilvie Owl, and much more ! Come and see our local crafts selection and changing display of art by local painters from Creative Whithorn. …read more Source:: Facetube Whithorn

We had a great day on Friday 27th March , entertaining our volunteers who’ve helped us over the winter renovate our kitchens and clear our garden site and using our new kitchen for the first time… and then, on the same afternoon, we heard from Heritage Lottery that we have been awarded funds for Primary […]

Whithorn Trust staff had a training day with Historic Scotland at New Abbey Corn Mill and Sweetheart Abbey. We’d like to thank Historic Scotland for their warm welcome and great ideas for tours and customer service. We’re opening on 31st March, and the special exhibits from National Museums Scotland- some spectacular Roman era items from […]

LECTURE BY DR ADRIAN MALDONADO – The latest archaeological thinking about 5th Century Whithorn indicates that it may have originated not as a religious site, as is traditionally claimed, but as a high status secular settlement – probably a royal site, though showing very early evidence of Christian beliefs and practices. A large audience of […]

We’ve just got awarded another chunk of funding towards our young persons’ archaeological film project, to enable young people to document and film the Black Loch of Myrton archaeology project this summer and, we hope, stream it live back to the Visitor Centre. We’ve got other funding irons in the fire, so watch this space […]