Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 19 Apr 2023
A pleasant place to rest but the milestone is leaning and the planters have been neglected. The shape on the Welcome plaque is the disused railway viaduct over Water of Luce. This was the Castle Douglas to Port Patrick railway built in 1863. Abandoned long ago.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.877524
Longitude
-4.814652