Galloway Glens : Future Ready

ALT Photograph of the site of an archaeological excavation taken from above, showing linear slots marking the external walls of a large rectangular structure. Parallel lines of postholes are also visible across the interior sat at an angle. A caption reads: At Broomhouses in Lockerbie, the site of an early 7th century Anglo-Saxon timber hall was discovered directly overlying an earlier structure.

ALT Colour photograph showing a hill which is covered in grass, gorse and bracken and appear to have a ditch along the edge that is visible. A caption reads: The hillfort at Trusty's Hill is seen as an important Brittonic site before it was deliberately burned down in the 7th century AD. The discovery of an Anglo-Saxon brooch from burnt layers above the fire suggests that Northumbria might be to blame.

ALT Four colour photographs. One on the left shows a large upstanding stone cross with various designs carved into it - the cross is shown within the interior of a building. A caption reads: Ruthwell Cross dates from the early 700s and has been described as the most important sculptural survival of Anglo-Saxon Britain. On the right, three images showing a gold ingot, a metal strap-end and a group of 5 silver coins. A caption reads: These Anglo-Saxon items were found at Whithorn where one of its many phases included a Northumbrian church.

ALT Two map extracts - one from the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey in the 1890s centred on 'Parton' and the other from the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey of 1853 centred on 'Shirmers' and 'Shirmers Wood'. A caption reads: Traces of Northumbrian influence can still be seen within the Galloway Glens in the Old English placenames of Shirmers (meaning 'shire boundary') and Parton (meaning 'enclosure (or pear) farm').