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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Auldgirth
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>The Sanctuary is presently reinstating the one-acre Victorian walled garden, with the help of volunteers.</p><p>Directions: Take the A76 North from Dumfries, for 6/7 miles. Pass Ellisland Farm, on the right, and take the next turn off on the left to Burnhead, Throughgate, Dunscore, Moniaive. Pass through the village of Burnhead, and it is 500 metres further down the road on the right.</p>
OpeningTime1
14.00-17.00
OpeningDate1
27/9/2009
OpeningTime2
14.00-17.00
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9431
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Allanton Sanctuary
Postcode
DG2 0RY
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Allanton World Peace Sanctuary
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
988
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.14506,-3.698186;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Allanton Sanctuary is a beautiful harled late Georgian laird’s house, enlarged and remodelled as a mid-Victorian Baronial manor, which is now the European Sanctuary of The World Peace Prayer Society. <br />It is set in 18 acres of parkland.</p><p>The Society was founded in 1955 by the Japanese teacher, philosopher and poet, Masahisa Goi who dedicated his life to peace and humanity. The Society promotes the message ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth’, through its activities of planting peace poles, world peace flag ceremonies, peace education programmes, and environmental education programmes.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
early 19C