Portpatrick
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Portpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway. The parish is about 4+1⁄2
Aerial view of Portpatrick.
Portpatrick Harbour
Portpatrick Old Kirk
Dunskey Castle
Irish Sea Bridge
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The Irish Sea Bridge, sometimes called the Celtic Crossing by the media, is a hypothetical rail and road bridge that would span the Irish Sea and connect the island of Ireland to the island of Great B
Portpatrick
…again as a cross-channel port, and the station closed on 6 February 1950. Portpatrick would likely be the eastern terminus of the proposed road and rail Irish Sea Bridge. 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the village is Dunskey Castle, reached via a steep trail incorporating steps and a narrow bridge. The site has seen at least…
The Irish Sea Bridge is one of a number of proposed Irish Sea fixed crossings (marked here as the green Galloway Route)
The Øresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been considered as a possible model for the Irish Sea Bridge
Beaufort's Dyke, showing the position of the munitions dump, highlighted in blue on an Admiralty chart published in 1969. Depth in fathoms