Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Thornhill HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Yes</p> OpeningTime1 9.00-17.00 OpeningDate1 25/9/2005 OpeningTime2 9.00-17.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10529 Refreshments No Street The street address Near Morton Mains Postcode DG3 5EH Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morton Castle & 'The 39 Steps' Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1101 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Description An account of the resource <p>Once an entire chain of castles stretched up the valley of the Nith below these hills, providing a main route from the Solway Firth to central Scotland. Morton Castle has stood on this naturally defensive site since 14C, overlooking the verdant Nith valley and Drumlanrig Castle. More recently, Morton Castle has become linked with John Buchan's classic spy thriller, 'The Thirty Nine Steps', written in 1915. Morton Castle was chosen as a location for the 1978 film version starring Robert Powell. </p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14C, 19C restoration