Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway Dark Ages hill fort called the Mote of Mark adjoins Rockcliffe. Furthermore this site is an example of a vitrified fort. Parts of Rockcliffe, in particular much of the land immediately to the north, are owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway Rockcliffe is a small, coastal village in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, with a view of Rough Island, Hestan Island, the Solway Firth and sometimes the Cumbrian coast. Rockcliffe lies on the eastern side of the River Urr estuary, and gives access to Rough Island by way of both firm mud exposed at
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary who took over from Robert Ovens QPM on 1 January 2006. Dumfries and Galloway is one of the safest areas in the UK because of its high rate of crime detection and convictions. The force's headquarters were located in Dumfries. An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012", created a single Police Service of Scotland - known as Police Scotland - on 1 April 2013. This merged the eight regional police forces in Scotland, together with the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, into a single service covering the whole of Scotland. Police Scotland's