Bridge of Dee (Dumfries and Galloway)
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Bridge of Dee Scottish Gaelic Drochaid Dhè |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 55 ′ N , 3 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | CASTLE DOUGLAS | ||
| ZIP code section | DG7 | ||
| prefix | 01556 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Bridge of Dee , Gaelic : Drochaid Dhè , is a village in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or in the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire . It is located about three kilometers southwest of Castle Douglas on the right bank of the Dee .
traffic
Presumably, during the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, a Roman road leading from Glenlochar via Gatehouse of Fleet to Loch Ryan passed the village. She crossed the Dee at a river island a few hundred meters downstream. A Scottish military road probably followed the same route centuries later.
On the southern edge of the village, the eponymous Old Bridge of Dee spans the Dee. It was built between 1737 and 1740 as part of the trunk road between Portpatrick and Carlisle and was an important crossing of the Dee. From 1763 one of the Scottish military roads was passed over it. In 1825 it was replaced by the Threave Bridge a few hundred meters upstream . Today the A75 ( Stranraer - Gretna Green ), which connects Bridge of Dee to the trunk road network, runs over this.
In 1864 Bridge of Dee received its own station along the newly established Kirkcudbright Railway . After passenger traffic was stopped in September 1946, the route was finally closed in 1965.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Roman roads in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Old Bridge of Dee in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Information on the Kirkcudbright Railway
- ↑ Entry on Bridge of Dee station in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
