
What is recorded here
Ernespie Road in Castle Douglas may have carried a second World War road block, though the possibility remains unproven. If concrete or metal barriers once stopped wheels there, they interrupted ordinary travel during a time when even small towns watched for danger. The road itself has survived that uncertainty, carrying cars and memory across the same Galloway ground.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Douglas, Ernespie Road as Road Block (second World War)(possible). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Castle Douglas, Oakwell RoadSpigot Mortar Mounting (second World War)(possible) · 111 yd
Castle Douglas StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 134 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 165 yd
Dunmuir HillFort (period Unassigned) · 374 yd
Garden HillMountain / peak · 781 yd
ErnespieStanding Stone(s) (prehistoric), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible) · 828 yd
Ernespie HillMountain / peak · 1272 yd
Ducking IslandWood · 1564 yd
Bird HideViewpoint · 1.6 mi
Threave CastleArtillery Fortification (15th Century), Castle (medieval), Harbour (14th Century) · 1.8 mi
DrumskellyNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.7 mi
Torglass WoodWood · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0