Dryfesdale[1] (/ˈdraɪfsdeɪl/DRYFSE-dayl)[2] is acivil parish of the council area ofDumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is part of the county ofDumfriesshire.
Theparish church of Dryfesdale, located in the centre ofLockerbie, was dedicated toSt Cuthbert. In 1116 it belonged to theSee of Galloway.[3]
The civil parish of Dryfesdale includes the town ofLockerbie which has apparently existed since at least the days ofViking influence in this part of Scotland in the period around AD 900. The name meansLockard's Farm inOld Norse. The presence of the remains of aRoman camp a mile to the west of the town suggests its origins may be even earlier. Lockerbie first entered recorded history, asLokardebi, in 1306.
Strong old towers were atNetherplace, Old Walls, Kirkton Mains, Myrehead and Daltonhook.
Remains of eight camps, some square or Roman, others circular or Caledonian, occur in different places, chiefly on hilltops. Two of them, Roman and Caledonian, confront each other on hills to the north east of Bengall village.[4]
Dryfesdale Cemetery has the main UK memorial to the victims of the bombingPan Am Flight 103, which occurred on 21 December 1988, over the town ofLockerbie. There is a semicircular stone wall in the garden of remembrance with the names and nationalities of all the victims along with individual funeral stones and memorials. Inside the chapel there is a book of remembrance.
55°07′12″N3°21′25″W / 55.120°N 3.357°W /55.120; -3.357
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