Glimpses of Old Ruthwell, Cummertrees and Mouswald: No. 17 (Dumfries & Galloway Through the Lens S.) - Softcover
Synopsis
The three parishes of Mouswald, Ruthwell and Cummertrees are strung like beads along the necklace of the B724. For nearly a century after the 1760's it was the main route from England to Dumfries and Southwest Scotland. The parishes would, therefore have witnessed the great days of the stagecoach, two or three a day passing through in 1837. Eventually the High Road, now the A75, became more popular, and the railway, which follows the line of the Low Road, received traffic on both roads after 1850. The Low Road neatly splits the parishes. Approaching from Dumfries the land to the south soon reaches the expanses of firstly, the Lochar Moss and then the Solway. Northwards there are steep slopes above Rockhall and Mouswald Village which lessen to gentle undulations as Clarencefield and Cummertrees are reached. The views southwards to the Cumbrian hills are one of the joys for local residents.
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