Kippford, Dumfries & Galloway - general view - postcard 1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire [now Dumfries & Galloway]
• Publisher:  none given [Photo Precision] PT34957
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  3&half p green Machin
• Postmark(s):  Dumfries 21 April 1974
• Sent to:  Halifax
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Kippford (otherwise Scaur^[2]) is a small village along the Solway coast, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Kippford stretches along the banks of the Urr estuary and in places is only one house wide, being hemmed in between the forested Mark hill (locally known as the Muckle) and the sea. Kippford can only be accessed by car from Barnbarroch, passing by Craigieknowes Golf Course and two campsites.

Kippford is also linked to Rockcliffe by a scenic track, known as the Jubilee footpath, which passes parallel to the coast (and the village of Kippford) but at a higher elevation. The path can be used to access Mark hill and the Mote of Mark, a 5th-century hill fort.

Visitors may cross the sands to a small island called Rough Island when the tide allows.

Views from Kippford include the English Lake District coast across the Solway Firth to the South. To the West can be seen Glen Isle and Screel in the background.

Kippford is a popular sailing village, with many small yachts moored in the tidal estuary of the River Urr, and events organised by the Solway Yacht Club. The RNLI has maintained a station, now fitted with a D class lifeboat, in Kippford for the past 40 years. The lifeboat service share use of the village's public slipway. Kippford was also involved in the shipbuilding industry, albeit on a very small scale. A Chandlers still exists, and sheds can be found behind it which indicate the boat building activities.

Between Kippford and Rockcliffe lies the Mote of Mark, a hill fort. Victorian Kippford had interests in the granite quarrying industry, the pier used now by the Solway Yacht Club being a former handling yard for a small railway line running into the hill to the East where a quarry was located.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=kirkcudbrightshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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