Locharbriggs is a village in

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

, Scotland. It is located near the Lochar Water, north-northeast of the town of

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

. It was one of several villages that stood on the edge of the Lochar Moss which was largely reclaimed in the 19th Century. The Locharbriggs

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(which also includes neighbouring Heathhall) had an estimated population of in 2016. Locharbriggs is known for the quarrying of distinctive red sandstone of the

Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation The Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation is a formation of Cisuralian age ( Early Permian). It consists of a 1000 m thick sequence of very well-sorted aeolian sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0 ...

. This has been used for buildings in towns and cities including Dumfries, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The stone has also been exported further afield, including for the construction of the steps of the

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in New York. Only one quarry now remains active. The village's amenities include bus services, three local shops, a public house (the Lochar Inn), a social club, a Chinese takeaway, fish and chip shop, hairdressers, community centre, a library, and a primary school. Transport links from Locharbriggs to Dumfries often suffer during school holidays, when major works are routinely carried out on the main A701 trunk road.

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