[1] The coastal part of the NSA covers the shoreline, islands, foreshore and sea area of Fleet Bay between Barlocco Isle and Ringdoo Point.

[6] The area represents a microcosm of Scotland, with coastal scenery in the south, and a wilder landscape of hills and moors in the north.

In between, there is slow transition through farmland and fields, with an abundance of drystane dykes and open woodland.

[4] The Big Water of Fleet is crossed by a twenty span viaduct, which was once a part of the Portpatrick Railway route.

They abandoned the castle in the late 17th Century, following the execution of Sir Godfrey McCulloch for the murder of a Clan Gordon neighbour.