Arkleton is a mansion and estate in the civil parish of Ewes, in

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...

, Scotland. Arkleton House was built in 1860/1884 and incorporates stone from Arkleton tower which stood nearby for 300 years until the early 19th Century. It was the home of Dorothy and Walter Scott-Elliot who were

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by their butler in 1977. The estate includes the 521m peak of Arkleton Hill which is part of the Langholm – Newcastleton Hills

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and

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. The Arkleton Trust was founded in 1977 “to study new approaches to rural development and education”. It was named after Arkleton which was the home of its founder John Higgs and used for seminars in the early days of the charity.

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{{authority control Villages in Dumfries and Galloway