Dalbeattie

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Dalbeattie (Gd: Dail Bheithe, "Meadow of the Birch Trees") is a town in Dumfries and Galloway (formerly Kirkcudbrightshire), Scotland.

Dalbeattie is situated in a wooded valley on the Urr Water five miles east of Castle Douglas. It is at the junction of the A710 and A711 roads and the A745 terminates a mile to the west at Buittle Bridge. Formerly granite quarrying was an important part of its economy, and the quarry still exists. Dalbeattie granite was used to build parts of Windsor Castle. Dalbeattie is also famous for being the hometown of William McMaster Murdoch, the first officer of the RMS Titanic who died when the ship sank in 1912.