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Dalbeattie town is in Dumfries and Galloway
southwest Scotland, 62 miles east of Stranraer, 13
miles southwest of Dumfries.
Dalbeattie attracts visitors for its
Touring Caravan and
Camp Site ideally situated for exploring
the area attractions, small museum, two hotels
for drinks and meals, Golf Club, scenic
churches, buildings built from local granite,
and walking and Mountain Biking 2 miles south.
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The image top is of St Peter's Catholic
Church on Craignair Street built in 1814. This
is the oldest post-Reformation Roman Catholic
church in Galloway. There is a large Celtic
Cross at the church tower that serves as a war
memorial.
Dalbeattie Parish
Church is close to St Peter's on Craignair
Street, with this church built in 1880 as a
Church of Scotland.
The Birchtree Hotel is at
the top of the High Street with a bar and
restaurant.
The Town Hall is also at the top of the High
Street, now used for events and private
functions. The hall was built in the 1890s with
local granite, as many other prominent
buildings in the town.
Dalbeattie granite was used for the Docks in
Liverpool, Thames Embankment in London, British
lighthouses, a lighthouse in Sri Lanka, and for
cobbles on Liverpool, London and Manchester
streets.
Dalbeattie Centre is at The Cross on the
High Street. This is a public Fountain of
Polished Grey and Pink Granite built to
commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in
1887.
At The Cross is the Kings Arms
Hotel with a bar, lounge/restaurant and a
beer garden. The Cum-Ye-Inn bar is also on the
High Street.
The Dalbeattie Museum is
also on the High Street, a local and social
history museum with many displays covering past
industries of Dalbeattie.
Colliston Park with a pond, memorial,
bandstand, and tennis is on the northeast side
of the town, a nice scenic park.
Dalbeattie Golf Club
is under one mile north of the town. This is
one of the oldest 9-hole clubs in Dumfries
& Galloway, formed in 1894.
Dalbeattie History
The area has remains of Bronze and Iron Age
Forts with the Dalbeattie Museum holding some
relics from that time.
AD82 - a Roman fort is said to have been in
the area.
1650s - first records of a settlement in the
area with the burn used to drive mills.
1780s - the first of the granite quarries
was opened in the area with the stone used for
many of the top building projects throughout
the UK, also for producing millstones.
1780s - two local landowners, George Maxwell
and Alexander Copland, made land available for
the building of Dalbeattie town on each side of
Dalbeattie Burn.
1793 - a Paper Mill is opened by the
Coplands.
1814 - St Peter's Catholic Church is
built.
1859 - the railway reached the town known as
the The Paddy, as it connected England and
Scotland to Ireland via the port of Stranraer.
1880 - Dalbeattie Parish Church is
built.
1887 - the Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee
Fountain is built.
1890s - the Town Hall is built.
1905 - the artist John Maxwell
was born in the town.
1912 - the most famous person raised in the
town died while First Officer on the Trans
Atlantic Liner RMS Titanic that sank on its
maiden voyage. His name was William McMaster
Murdoch.
A memorial to Murdoch can be seen on the
wall of Dalbeattie Town Hall.
1939 to 1945 - a large ammunition works was
built just outside Dalbeattie to make cordite
for artillery and naval guns during World War
Two.
1953 - the Paper Mill is closed.
1963 - the Railway is closed.
1970s - the cattle-market, cheese factory,
dairy, two quarries and a brickworks close.
2001 - work began in southwest Scotland for
7 Mountain Bike and Walking centres, with one 2
miles south of Dalbeatie, known as the 7 Stanes as
there is a large Carved Stone at each one.
Today - Dalbeattie has one quarry, a large
farming community, a number of residents that
commute to work at larger towns, and attracts
many tourists visiting the areas many
attractions.
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