Derelict Westerwood Farmhouse
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Derelict Westerwood Farmhouse
Image: © Derek Ferris Taken: 21 Jun 2007
Once a beautiful building. The farm and its land were bought over and converted into Westerwood Golf Course. Farmhouse and other farm buildings have been used as the course maintenance depot. Lack of maintenance on fabric of building and wanton vandalism over past years have left it in this sorry state. The accommodation has been supplemented with couple of portakabins now for security reasons. Around 150 years ago the farmhouse was originally built on the site of a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall. Remnants of the wall still exist a short distance away. Presume they had vandals in olden times too - that's why probably the wall was dismantled.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.973549
Longitude
-3.987074