Craigenputtock

Craigenputtock is the craig/whinstone hill of the puttocks (small hawks). It is the 800-acre (3.2 km2) upland farming estate on the watershed between Dumfries and Galloway, 16 miles (26 km) from Dumfries and Castle Douglas. It comprises the principal residence - a two storey, 4 bedroomed Georgian Country House (category B listed), 2 cottages and a farmstead, 315 acres (1,270,000 m2) of moorland hill rising to 1,000 ft (300 m) above sea level, 350 acres (1,400,000 m2) of inbye ground of which 40 acres (160,000 m2) is arable/ploughable and 135 acres (550,000 m2) of woodland/forestry. It was once the residence of the well-known writer Thomas Carlyle, who wrote many famous works there.

It was the property for generations (circa 1500) of the family of Welsh, and eventually that of their heiress, Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle (whose family are directly descended from John Knox), which the Carlyles made their dwelling-house in 1828, where they remained for seven years (before moving to Carlyle's House in Cheyne Row, London), and where "Sartor Resartus" was written. The property was bequeathed by Thomas Carlyle to the Edinburgh University on his death in 1881. It is now home to the Carter-Campbell family, and managed by the C.C.C. (Carlyle Craigenputtock Circle).