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Self catering holiday accommodation in Dumfries and Galloway

Whithorn Self Catering

Dairy Cottage
01988 500345

Inchlonaig House
Port William
07787 318364

The Moorings
Isle of Whithorn
01327 312981

West Barr Holiday Park Cottage
Port William
01988 700 367

About Whithorn

The place where St. Ninian founded the first Christian church in Scotland in the 4th Century and site of important excavations, ’The Whithorn Dig’. The Whithorn Story uses models and archaeological finds to tell the story of the town of Whithorn, it's church and pilgrimage centre.

Isle of Whithorn
On a rocky shore, sheltered by a headland, this was a busy 19th Century port, which also employed a number of men in shipbuilding. Now popular with yachtsmen and providing opportunities for sea-angling, the Isle of Whithorn was believed to be a landing place for St. Ninian and long a place of pilgrimage. A small ruined chapel dates from the 13th Century and is now a focal point for those wishing to bless their wedding.

3 miles south of Whithorn is St Ninian's Cave reached by a short woodland walk and then onto beach. Weathered crosses carved on the walls of the cave are still visible.

Monreith
Set round a bay, formerly a haunt of smugglers and now a popular holiday village (thanks to it's sandy beaches) and home to Monreith Animal World. A memorial to the novelist Gavin Maxwell who wrote ’Ring of Bright Water’ and ’The House of Elrig’, is on a headland.

Port William
Founded by Sir William Maxwell in 1775, with fishing and shipbuilding trades, but also a noted place for smugglers, where two armed luggers with 50 men apiece were once discovered about to land their goods. Now a holiday place with a slipway for boats.