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The Aardvark AMCS Mk4 is a British-made mine flail vehicle built by Aardvark Clear Mine Ltd of Dumfries, Scotland.. The AMCS flail system was developed in Aberdeenshire by David Macwatt of Elgin, Scotland and George Sellar & Son of Huntly (system designers were James (Barney) Hepburn, Pat McRobbie and Alistair Birnie) with the cooperation of Ford Motor Co, Basildon.
The council area of Dumfries and Galloway covers 6,426 square kilometres (2,481 sq mi), and has a population of around 148,600. There are 224 Category A listed buildings in the area. There are 224 Category A listed buildings in the area.
Mine flails have the advantage of being able to clear most mines from an area comparatively rapidly - the manufacturer of the British Aardvark Mark 4 quotes a maximum rate of 3,000 square metres (0.74 acres) per hour, however 600 square metres (0.15 acres) per hour is more usual. Also, flails do not place their operators at significant risk ...
Abandoned lead mine buildings at Mulreesh on Islay. [1]Lead ore has been mined and refined in Scotland for centuries, primarily in the form of galena.It was a versatile material used for roofing material high-status buildings, fabricating the pipework of Linlithgow Palace fountain, glazing windows, and producing alloys such as pewter and latten.
Locharbriggs is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.It is located near the Lochar Water, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north-northeast of the town of Dumfries.It was one of several villages that stood on the edge of the Lochar Moss which was largely reclaimed in the 19th century.
Durisdeer is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, and in the historic county of Dumfries-shire. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Thornhill , above the Carron Water, a tributary of the Nith .
Dalbeattie (/ d æ l ˈ b iː t i /, Scots: Dawbeattie, [2] Scottish Gaelic: Dail Bheithe meaning 'haugh of the birch', or Dail Bhàite 'drowned haugh' (i.e. liable to flood) is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
In 1732 the parish ceased to exist and the last minister, who had served from 1703, [7] was the Revd Peter Rae who courted controversy amongst his parishioners by running a printing press from around 1712 at Kirkbride and later at Dumfries. His business published the 'Dumfries Mercury' that was Scotland's first newspaper outside of Glasgow and ...