B724 (Carrutherstown - Bowhouse)

This article is about the original B724 in Dumfriesshire.
For the current B724 running at right-angles, an alternative to the A75, see B724.

The original route of the B724 zigzagged across southern Dumfriesshire.

The B725 (former B724) towards Bankend

At its longest the route started on the B7020 in Dalton before heading vaguely southwestwards to Carrutherstown, where it crossed the A75 at a point now bypassed by the A-road. This was the original starting point of the B724 before it was extended to Dalton at some point before 1928. From here the route continued in more-or-less the same direction to Ruthwell Station, where it zigzagged south east for a short distance through Clarencefield. It then turned to the west to follow the coast (well inland), making a long detour to cross the Lochar Water at Bankend. The route then followed the edge of the hills back towards the coast at Caerlaverock, ending end-on on the B725 at Bowhouse, at an arbitrary point not made clear on the maps.

The route did not last long. Despite being extended before 1928, it had (perhaps sensibly) been renumbered as an extension of the B725 by 1932. However, the B724 number was reused in the same area as an alternative to the A75 for most of the route from Annan to Dumfries. This has taken over the original B724 through Clarencefield, meaning that this section of road still has its original number.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Carrutherstown - Bankend - Bowhouse