Dalswinton renowned, as it was on here that the first steamboat in Britain made its maiden voyage. The name Dalswinton contains the Old English place-name "swīn-tūn "'pig farm', to which Gaelic "dál" 'haugh or water meadow' has been added. An exceptionally large beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) was situated at the front of the nearby corrugated iron constructed Church of Scotland Dalswinton Barony church, with the Giant Polypore bracket fungus (Meripilus giganteus) growing from its roots. The tree was felled in early 2014. Dalswinton Dalswinton is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. It is located about
Cepaea sylvatica these snails is smaller than that of grove snails; the brown area is continuous; and the spire of the shell is blunt. Cepaea sylvatica " Cepaea sylvatica" is a medium-sized species of air-breathing dextral land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae. It is a close relative of the grove snail ("Cepaea nemoralis"). This species lives in many of the same habitats as "Cepaea nemoralis", such as woods, dunes and grassland, however "C. sylvatica" tolerates wetter and colder areas than the grove snail can tolerate. "Cepaea sylvatica" is generally similar in appearance to "C. nemoralis", although the