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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
Yes
Place
The town or city
Stranraer
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>For Doors Open Days there will be guided tours by costumed volunteers, relevant to the time period of the castle area. </p><p>Castle suitable for all the family.</p><p>Visitors can visit freely during opening hours</p><p>toilets and disabled toilet facilities are available in the nearby Stranraer Museum</p>
OpeningTime1
10am - 4:30pm
OpeningDate1
9/9/2017
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9179
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Castle Street
Postcode
DG9 7EJ
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Castle of St John
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1013
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,54.9048,-5.024195;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The recently renovated Castle of St John is an early 17th century tower house. It was built by the Adairs of Kilhilt, one of the most powerful families in late medieval Wigtownshire and used by lairds in the 16th and 17th centuries. </p><p>Over the years it has been a family home, a courthouse and a military garrison. In 1820 it was converted to the town jail. The view from the roof – the prison exercise yard – takes in the whole of Loch Ryan. </p><p><img style="width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="/media/3454/fencing-day-castle-003-st-john.jpg?width=450&height=600" alt="" rel="15325" /><img style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="/media/3455/castle-roof-view-st-john.jpg?width=600&height=450" alt="" rel="15326" /></p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1510