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

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

, 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 Captain Walter Travers Scott-Elliot (9 October 1895 – 14 December 1977) was a British company director and politician who served one term as a Member of Parliament. However, he is best remembered for the cause of his death: he and his wife were ...

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 Special Protection Area. 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