Carronbridge

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Carronbridge
Dumfriesshire
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Location
Location: 55°15’43"N, 3°46’44"W
Data
Post town: Thornhill
Postcode: DG3
Dialling code: 01848
Local Government
Council: Dumfries and Galloway

Carronbridge is a village in the parish of Morton in Dumfriesshire. The village is at the junction of the A76 and A702 roads approximately a mile north of Thornhill. To the west of the village the Carron Water flows into the River Nith.

In the village stands Carronbridge Sawmill, a Category B listed building built in the 1850s for the Duke of Buccleuch's Drumlanrig estate.[1][2]

Carronbridge station on the 'Nith Valley' line was located near the hamlet of Enoch and is also the site of the Carronbridge railway viaduct.

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