Gatehouse Folk is a separate website pulling together a wealth of local history, documents, photographs and more all describing Gatehouse in the past. To explore the local history of the town, this is the place to start.

www.gatehouse-folk.org.uk

Trusty’s Hill: A Window on Dark Age Galloway
Just outside Gatehouse of Fleet is Trusty’s Hill, the site of an ancient vitrified hillfort.

Fundraising began in 1838 to build a monument overlooking the town of Gatehouse of Fleet in memory of the Rev Samuel Rutherford, Minister in the parish of Anwoth from 1627-1639. Samuel Rutherford was a major figure of 17th century Scotland, who is still relevant to us today.

James Ramsay, a landscape gardener, is credited for adding new elements to the designed landscape of Cally House, including the gothic ‘Temple’, built in 1779.

The Cally Boundaries was a community-led project to reveal and restore drystone dykes in and around the designed landscape of Cally.

In 1816 Lady Anne Bingham married Alexander Murray of Broughton and the couple set up home at Cally. A few years later Lady Anne established a school for girls beside the Cally Lake, which became known as Lady Anne Murray’s Charity School. Girls aged between three and fourteen from Gatehouse and the surrounding neighbourhood attended the school.

The development of the park and pleasure grounds of Cally by the Murray family.

Gatehouse of Fleet is the home of the Faeds, a remarkable family of Scottish artists. No fewer than five would have their work exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.