Kirtlebridge is a village in

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

, southern Scotland. It is located north-east of Annan, north-west of Kirkpatrick-Fleming, and south of Eaglesfield. The village is located where the A74(M) motorway and the West Coast Main Line railway cross the Kirtle Water. It has one pub, the Village Inn, which has five letting rooms for B&B. It is dog friendly. Evening bar meals are available. There is a Quiz Night every other Monday. The pub is closed on Wednesdays, other days the pub opens at 7.00pm. Kirtlebridge railway station on the main line formerly served the village, and a nearby junction marked the start of the Solway Junction Railway to Annan. The

Kirtlebridge rail crash The Kirtlebridge rail crash took place in 1872 at Kirtlebridge railway station in Dumfriesshire.Following the reorganisation of Local Authorities in 1975, Kirtlebridge is located in the area of Dumfries and Galloway Unitary Authority. An express ...

occurred at the station on 2 October 1872, and resulted in 12 deaths. Not far from the village is

Bonshaw Tower Bonshaw Tower is an oblong tower house, probably dating from the mid-16th century, one mile south of Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, above the Kirtle Water.Lindsay, Maurice (1986) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Constable. p.86, 87 ...

and its more recent adjoining house. The tower was one of a number of structures built along the border as protection against incursions by the British.Border Regions
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