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B730 (Thornhill - Dalry)

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B730
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From:  Thornhill (NX875958)
To:  St John's Town of Dalry (NX618811)
Via:  Moniaive
Distance:  21.1 miles (34 km)
Met:  A76, B732, B731, B729, A713
Now part of:  A702
Traditional Counties

Dumfriesshire • Kirkcudbrightshire

Route outline (key)
B730 Thornhill - Kirkland
(B729) Kirkland - Moniaive
B730 Moniaive - St John's Town of Dalry
This article is about the original B730, now part of the A702.
For the current B730, south of Irvine in Ayrshire, see B730
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Entering Moniaive on the A702 (former B730)

The B730 is the original number of the route which ran west from the A76 at Thornhill to meet the A713 in St John's Town of Dalry. After leaving the A76 behind, the route met the B732 and B731 in quick succession before crossing the River Nith. It then continued west via Penpont before following the Shinnel Water upstream for over a mile. After crossing the stream the route went through a hill pass before descending to Kirkland and the B729. There was a multiplex west along the B729 for a couple of miles to Moniaive, where the B730 regained its number shortly after crossing the Dalwhat Water. The route followed the Castlefairn Water upstream, crossing it at Castlefairn itself before continuing up into the hills. After a few miles the route descended into St John's Town of Dalry, where it ran along Main Street, still descending, before ending on the A713.

The B730 number was short-lived as it became a westward extension of the A702 in the late 1920s. It remains this number.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Dalry - Moniaive - Thornhill





B730 (Thornhill - Dalry)
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