Bankend, Dumfries and Galloway

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55°00′07″N3°31′19″W / 55.002°N 3.522°W / 55.002; -3.522 Coordinates: 55°00′07″N3°31′19″W / 55.002°N 3.522°W / 55.002; -3.522

Bankend is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. [1] It is located near Lochar Water, the civil parish Caerlaverock and the villages of Blackshaw, Glencaple and Shearington. [2] In 1961 it had a population of 79. [3]

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Isle Tower

Isle Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house, that was a property of the Maxwell family. [4] It was built around 1565 and is B listed. [5] [6]

Bankend Bridge

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Bankend Bridge

Bankend Bridge is a road bridge that carries the B725 road across the Lochar Water. [7] It was completed in 1813 and is B listed. [8] [9]

Caerlaverock Parish Memorial

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Caerlaverock Parish Memorial

Caerlaverock Parish Memorial is a stone war memorial that was unveiled in 1956 by Mrs J Telfer of Glencaple to commemorate people who lost their lives in World War I and II. [10] There is 33 names on the memorial, 21 from World War I and 12 from World War II. [11]

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Torthorwald

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Kirkcolm Human settlement in Scotland

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Dalgarnock Human settlement in Scotland

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Ken Bridge 19th-century road bridge in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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Buittle Bridge 18th-century stone bridge in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Buittle Bridge, also known as Craignair Bridge is a bridge over the Urr Water just outside Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Completed in 1797, it replaced and earlier two-span bridge of the same name which was destroyed in a flood a short time after its completion; the remains of this older bridge, comprising the base of its pier and some remnants of its south-west abutment, survive a short distance upstream.

Lochar Water

Lochar Water is a stream located in Dumfries and Galloway. It flows for about 10 miles or 16 km, mainly in a southerly direction, roughly parallel to the River Nith to the west and the River Annan to the east. It is formed by the confluence of Park Burn and Amisfield Burn, and skirts the eastern side of the town of Dumfries, and flows through an extensive low-lying area and former raised peat land known as Lochar Moss, before flowing into the Solway Firth. Bankend Bridge, part of the B725 road, crosses Lochar Water on the east side of Bankend village. The tidal limit is about 1 km below that. It shares its name with an electoral ward of the Dumfries and Galloway council

Isle Tower

Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend. It was a property of the Maxwell family.

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