Arkleton

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|unitary_scotland= Dumfries and Galloway

|lieutenancy_scotland= Dumfries

|country= Scotland

|post_town= LANGHOLM

|postcode_district= DG13

|postcode_area= DG

|dial_code= 013873

|constituency_westminster= Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

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File:Arkleton.jpgArkleton is a mansion and estate in the civil parish of Ewes, in Dumfries and Galloway, 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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst17989.html | title=Arkleton from the Gazetteer for Scotland}} It was the home of Dorothy and Walter Scott-Elliot who were murdered by their butler in 1977. The estate includes the 521m peak of Arkleton Hill which is part of the Langholm – Newcastleton Hills Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Protection Area.

The Arkleton Trust was founded in 1977 “to study new approaches to rural development and education”.{{Cite web |url=http://arkletontrust.eu/ |title=Welcome to the Arkleton Trust Website | the Arkleton Trust |access-date=2014-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109192619/http://arkletontrust.eu/ |archive-date=2014-01-09 |url-status = dead}} 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.{{cite web| url = http://arkletontrust.com/?q=john-higgs-awards| title = Dhl Email Virus - arkletontrust.com}}