Newton Stewart is a market town and former burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Historically part of Wigtownshire, The town is on the River Cree with most of the town to the west of the river, an
Summer Isles
…filmed in 1973 and directed by Robin Hardy) is sometimes mistakenly associated with this archipelago, but in actuality The Wicker Man was filmed around Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway. Since 1970 the Summer Isles Philatelic Bureau has been issuing stamps of the islands for tourists who place them on mail to…