Sunday 1 October
10.30am - 12 noon
Polmaddy Settlement
1.30pm - 3.30pm
Kirroughtree Visitor Centre
with Vivien Jones and Jackie Galley
A creative writing workshop in a deserted fermtoun settlement, as part of the 2006 Doors Open Days in Dumfries and Galloway. Polmaddy was a settlement that flourished before the “improvements” and clearances of the 1800s, when farming in the region began to move away from traditional agriculture towards large-scale sheep and cattle farming. This place, which once supported a large number of people around communally organised fields, is now an evocative group of ruins: an inn, workshops, barns and a mill, the stones of cottages. Through the workshop you can explore among the ruins of Polmaddy, developing your own creative response to this landscape and its story.
To book your free places on either the morning or afternoon sessions, or both, please phone Solway Heritage on 01387 247543.
