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Since 2004, there have been several construction projects, with the site of a former garage now home to three new houses. There are also several more houses being constructed. In 2006, street lights were installed along the A711 which passes through the village.
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monastic community, existed here during the Middle Ages. The remains of Tongland Abbey are now within the churchyard just south of the main road.
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Clarsen, Georgine (1 September 2003). "'a fine university for women engineers': a Scottish munitions factory in world war I".
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The Dee is crossed shortly downriver by Tongland Bridge, a stone arch bridge constructed in 1806 by civil engineer
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This article is about the village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. For the area of Glasgow, Scotland, see
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factory was originally completed in 1917 and was powered by its own hydro-electric scheme on the Dee.
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built in 1813, is now disused and in a state of ruin, although the graveyard is still in use.
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List of listed buildings in Tongland, Dumfries and Galloway
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Bridge over the River Dee designed by Thomas Telford, 1806.
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Man of Iron - Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain
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is a small village about 2 miles (3 km) north of
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Tongland (gang area)
Small House Policy § Tso/Tong land

Tongland is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference
NX698536
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area
Kirkcudbrightshire
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
DG6
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament
Galloway and West Dumfries
UK
Scotland
54°51′49″N 4°01′51″W / 54.8637°N 4.0307°W / 54.8637; -4.0307

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