What is recorded here

Dunmuir Road carried horses, carts and later cars through Castle Douglas until the second World War turned ordinary travel into a military problem. A road block rose there to stop unwanted vehicles and preserve local materials for the war effort. The street may have narrowed for months, forcing people to walk past a structure they had never needed before.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Douglas, Dunmuir Road as Road Block (second World War). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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