4-499: Burrow Head is a headland located approximately two miles south-west of Isle of Whithorn , Wigtownshire , Scotland , and is the second southernmost point of Scotland (after the Mull of Galloway ). St. Ninian's Cave is approximately two miles north-west along the coast. It is an important location for pilgrims who believe St. Ninian spent some time on retreat there. Burrow Head's location and relative seclusion meant that during
8-597: A cape . Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves , rocky shores , intense erosion , and steep sea cliff . Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is flanked by land on three sides, whereas a headland is flanked by water on three sides. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form when weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays ) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk , limestone , and granite ) forming
12-400: Is occupied by a caravan park . This Dumfries and Galloway location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Headland A headland , also known as a head , is a coastal landform , a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water . It is a type of promontory . A headland of considerable size often is called
16-470: The eighteenth century it became associated with smuggling , from and to the Isle of Man (fifteen miles south) and Ireland . In more recent years, Burrow Head became famous as a location for the 1973 thriller film The Wicker Man . Until recently the stumps of the prop used as the wicker man in the film remained visible, but these have been gradually eroded by souvenir hunters. Today much of Burrow Head
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