Lockerbie's history on a trading route, close to a border between tribes and nations has produced a rich local heritage. There are stone circles at Whitcastle, and prehistoric sites at Kirkton, Beckton and Harthill. At Burnswark, there is the site of an iron age fort, thought to be the principle centre for the Novantae tribe, but taken by the Romans in the 2nd Century. There are remains of an Antonine fortlet there now. In the Middle Ages, St Kentigern is said to have settled in Haddom and the 11th Century Church and Churchyard of St Kentigern is on the site of an 8th century abbey.

The natural place to be

Despite its rural location, Lockerbie is only

• 1 hour from Edinburgh by train
• 1 hour from Glasgow by train
• An hour and a half from Edinburgh or Glasgow by car
• Less than 2 hours from Newcastle by car
• 5 hours from London by train