Bridge of Dee, Galloway explained

Bridge of Dee, Galloway is a settlement on the River Dee, Galloway. It lies on the A75 just west of Castle Douglas, and north-east of Kirkcudbright.

The former Kirkcudbright Railway, linking Kirkcudbright with Castle Douglas, passed through the village. The station is now a house.^[1]

People from Bridge of Dee

• William Allan Forsyth Hepburn FRSE OBE MC LLD (1891-1950) educationalist^[2]

Old Bridge of Dee

The old bridge was possibly a packhorse bridge, hence the carving.

Footnotes

54.9187°N -3.9784°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kirkcudbright Railway. RailScot. 16 January 2011.
2. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0 902 198 84 X. 2016-10-24. 2013-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf. dead.