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Gretna (Scottish Gaelic: Greatna) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, originally part of the historic county of Dumfriesshire. It is located close to the A74(M) on the border of Scotland and England and near the mouth of the River Esk. When you visit Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, Walkfo brings Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway

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With 10 audio plaques & Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway places for you to explore in the Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway history

Etymology

Gretna means “(place at the) gravelly hill”, from Old English greot “grit” and hoh “hill-spur” Lochmaben Stone is a megalith standing in a field west of Sark mouth on Solway Firth.

17th century

The Gretna customs post was established in 1612. A Drove road was constructed between Gretna and Annan in 1619 to facilitate the transportation of cattle from Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire to markets in England.

18th century

Gretna’s principal claim to fame arose in 1753 when an Act of Parliament, Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act, was passed in England. This Act did not apply in Scotland, which allowed boys to marry at 14 and girls at 12, with or without parental consent. Many elopers fled England, and the first Scottish village they reached was often Gretna.

World War I

HM Factory, Gretna, codenamed Moorside, was a cordite munitions factory built nearby on the shore of Solway Firth to supply ammunition to British forces during World War I.

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Best Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway places to visit

Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway’s information audio spots:

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here Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.