Land At Greenmerse Farm, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, DG2

SITUATION
Greenmerse Farm is just under 5 miles from the village of New Abbey, which is famous for Sweetheart Abbey, whose ruins are a landmark in the area. New Abbey also boasts a primary school, village hall, church, a popular village tearoom, village shop, small hotel, and a working water powered corn mill. Dumfries which is approximately 5.5 miles away is the principal town in the area, and provides a wide range of schools, shops, retail outlets, and other services including a major hospital, the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. Dumfries is also home to the Crichton campuses of both Glasgow University and the University of West of Scotland.

DESCRIPTION
The Land at Greenmerse extends to approximately 340.08 acres (137.63 hectares) of bare land. The land is principally classified as Grade 3(2) and 6(3) by the James Hutton Institute. The land rises from approximately 3.5m to 15.7m above sea level at its highest point. The fields are of a good practical size, predominantly enclosed by post and ryelock fencing, mainly accessed via the internal farm track with further excellent field-to-field accesses. The merse land is a Site of Special Scientific Interest as well as a Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area and as a such, is subject to a stocking restriction.

The land is split as follows:
•62.37 acres (25.24 ha) of silage land
•95.60 acres (38.69 ha) of grazing land
•153.33 acres (62.05 ha) of rough grazing and merse
•28.81 acres (11.66 ha) of woodland and forestry


DIRECTIONS
From Dumfries take the A710 heading towards New Abbey. Travel through the village of Islesteps and carry on along the A710. 1.5 miles along this road, turn left along the single track road, directly after the signpost for Mabie Farm Park to the right. Continue along this road and after 1.3 miles Greenmerse Farm will be found.