Old road beside The Leaths
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Old road beside The Leaths
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 14 May 2018
This was once part of the main road between Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie. Following the closure of the railway between Castle Douglas and Dumfries in 1965, the line of the former railway was used for a new and straighter route (the present A745) just to the south.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.944161
Longitude
-3.895208