page_title: Friars Carse
section_title: The River Nith
hierarchical_section_title: Friars Carse / The River Nith
caption_attribution_description: English: Fistulina hepatica on an old Quercus robur, Friar's Carse, Auldgirth, Scotland. On the bank of the River Nith.
context_page_description: Friars' Carse is a mansion house and estate situated 2 kilometres southeast of Auldgirth on the main road to Dumfries, Parish of Dunscore, Scotland. The property is located on the west bank of the River Nith and is known for its strong associations with Robert Burns who lived for a while at the nearby Ellisland farm. The mansion house is unlisted, however the stables and hermitage are Category B listed buildings.
context_section_description: The course of the River Nith runs close to the Friars Carse mansion house and the fishing beat here consists of 2300 metres of right bank fishing with a mixture of pools providing fishing with fly, spinning or worming for salmon, sea trout and greyling.
  The riverbank is lined with woodlands and a particular feature are the ancient and large oaks, mostly pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) and associated fungi of ancient oaks, such as the beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica). Some notable old sycamores or Celtic maples (Acer pseudoplatanus) are also present.
caption: Beefsteak bracket fungus on an oak at the Carse.
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