Rockcliffe

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Rockcliffe lies six miles south of Dalbeattie on the Rough Firth and is most noted for its rock gardens. To the northwest, Mote of Mark, a 5th Century hill-fort, can be found. This was excavated in 1913 and evidence suggests that it was first occupied before the Roman period and then again in AD 450-700. The name Mark is derived from the King of ancient Dumnonia.