IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Pleasance Avenue, DUMFRIES, DG2 7JL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Pleasance Avenue, DG2 7JL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (22 Images Found)
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Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura
This building, the top floor of which houses the Camera Obscura, is an eighteenth-century windmill set on Corbelly Hill. After conversion for use as a Camera Obscura and observatory, the building was opened to the public in 1836. The main role of the building later changed from observatory to museum, and the exhibits here include archaeological finds from the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Age; ores and other minerals; wildlife; fragments of Celtic crosses, and ogham inscriptions. A spiral staircase in the windmill tower is built around the mast of a ship.
The Camera Obscura in Dumfries opened on the 1st of August 1836; according to a BBC news report, it is "thought to be the oldest continuously working device of its kind in the world".
Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 8 Aug 2006
0.19 miles
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Dumfries camera obscura
The Camera Obscura, installed in 1836, is on the top floor of the old windmill tower. From it you can see a fascinating panoramic view of Dumfries and the surrounding countryside.
Image: © Colin Kinnear
Taken: 1 Nov 2019
0.21 miles
4
Bridge over the River Nith
This is a footbridge over the River Nith at Dumfries.
Image: © Nick Mutton 01329 000000
Taken: 19 Jan 2008
0.22 miles
5
Art deco houses.
Two,art deco style houses in Dumfries. Very unusual for the area.
Image: © Colin Kinnear
Taken: 16 Jan 2008
0.22 miles
6
Dumfries Museum
Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura is housed in this converted windmill near the town centre. We went specially to see the display of Fred Champion's pioneering photography of Indian wildlife, notably tigers, but the whole museum was of interest. Full marks go to Dumfries & Galloway Council for keeping it open all year, free of charge, in these tough economic times.
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 29 Oct 2013
0.22 miles
8
Dumfries Museum
The 18th century windmill, converted to an observatory and then a museum is a Category A listed building [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB26135]. The opening for the Camera Obscura on the top floor is just visible at the top of the tower.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: Unknown
0.24 miles
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View of the White Sands, Dumfries
As seen through the Camera Obsura at the top of the windmill tower in Dumfries Museum Image The instrument was installed in 1836 when the tower was converted into an observatory. This makers it the world's oldest working Camera Obscura. This is the view as seen projected onto the viewing table. You may want to turn the image through 90 degrees to see the scene more easily - buses are parked beside the weir on the River Nith at the White Sands.
The observatory is Category A listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB26135.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: Unknown
0.24 miles
