2005

NT0512 : Postal Memorial near Moffat

taken 19 years ago, 3 km from Ericstane, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland

Postal Memorial near Moffat
Postal Memorial near Moffat
This monument is to the memory of two stagecoach men, a coachman & guard, who died in a blizzard in February 1831, struggling to get the mail bags north to Tweedshaws after the mailcoach became stuck in the snowdrifts.

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Category: Monument > Monument
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Near Moffat [6] · Postal Memorial [5] · North of Moffat [4] Other Photos: · The postal memorial ·
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NT0512, 57 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Medcalf   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 30 July, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 4 August, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 05 12 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 55:23.8386N 3:29.6181W
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NT0512) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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