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29-557: Dalmeny ( / d æ l ˈ m ɛ n i / ) is a village and civil parish in Scotland . It is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth , 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of South Queensferry and 8 miles (13 km) west of Edinburgh city centre. It lies within the traditional boundaries of West Lothian , and falls under the local governance of the City of Edinburgh Council . Dalmeny

58-480: A railway station near the south end of the Forth Railway Bridge , which also serves the larger town of Queensferry. A timber chapel to St Adamnon may have existed since the 8th century. This was replaced by a stone church around 1130, probably by Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar , son of Waldeve, Lord of Allerdale, and the church had three altars: to St Cuthbert , St Bridget and St Adamnon. The church

87-503: A flyover after a number of deaths. This followed years of local campaigning. However, in 2021 it was announced that work had been delayed. The proposed flyover would require the closure of a flat crossing at Oatyhill which is now the sole access point to some properties after a nearby bridge crossing the Dundee–Aberdeen line was closed to road traffic in 2020. Dualling of the section north of Aberdeen has been subject to studies since

116-828: A former oil shale mine, and is screened by a mound of the waste material from the mine. Oil is transferred from the site to tankers moored at the Hound Point Terminal in the Firth of Forth. Dalmeny, along with Queensferry, Kirkliston , Cammo , Cramond , Barnton , Silverknowes , Gogar , Hermiston , and Newbridge , forms the Almond electoral ward of the City of Edinburgh Council. Civil parishes in Scotland Civil parishes gained legal functions in 1845 when parochial boards were established to administer

145-568: A legal obligation to consult them. A90 road The A90 road is a major north-to-south road in eastern Scotland , running from Edinburgh to Fraserburgh , through Dundee and Aberdeen . Along with the A9 and the A82 it is one of the three major north–south trunk roads connecting the Central Belt to northern destinations. The A90 is not continuous, separated between Dalmeny and Perth by

174-722: A total of 30 cameras. BBC News reported in January 2018 that speed limit compliance had increased from 2 in 5 to 99 in 100 drivers. A short stretch of the A90, from the southern terminus of the M90 to Barnton Junction (a junction with the A902 ), is part of Euroroute E15 , which runs from Inverness to Algeciras in Spain . The E15 continues northwards on the M90, and southwards on the A902 leading to

203-420: Is comparable to the north door at Dunfermline Abbey . Nearby is a rare 12th-century sarcophagus carved with 13 doll-like figures (possibly Christ and the 12 apostles) in niches (now very weathered). The churchyard also has a number of fine 17th- and 18th-century gravestones. Interments in the churchyard include the advocate and historian John Hill Burton (1809–81). The north (Rosebery) aisle dates from 1671 and

232-546: Is on the route used as the X99 Queensferry off-service loop. The 13th century form of the name, Dunmanyn (later Dunmanie and then Damenie , hence the modern form), indicates that the first element is Britonnic din or Gaelic dun , a fort. A derivation from dun managh , "monk's fort", is unconvincing: there is no evidence to suggest there was ever a monastic settlement at Dalmeny. The name may rather be from din meyni , "stony fort", or din meyn an , "place of

261-437: Is one of Aberdeenshire's principal freight routes. The Dundee to Aberdeen stretch of the A90 has many speed cameras. Previously, the 60-mile (97 km) trip from Dundee to Aberdeen along the A90 entailed over a dozen speed cameras including a majority of fixed Gatso types as well as locations used by mobile camera vans. These cameras were found on long fast stretches of road, and shortly before dangerous junctions, such as at

290-551: Is recognised as the finest Norman / Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom , lacking only its original western tower, which was replaced in a sympathetic style in 1937 having been long absent. The most notable feature is the ornate archway framing the small main entrance door on the south side. The aisleless nave , choir and apse survive almost complete from

319-516: Is the grandfather of the present earl. The village itself consists of early 19th-century cottages along the main street (built at the same time as Dalmeny House), with 20th-century housing to the south close to the A90 . To the south of the A90 is the Dalmeny Tank Farm, a large oil-storage facility formerly operated by BP , but since 2018 by INEOS. The facility was constructed in the 1970s on

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348-554: The A92 ). A grade-separated junction at Longforgan was opened in 1996. The section of the A90 between Balmedie and Tipperty was upgraded to dual carriageway in 2018. On 3 September 2018, the former section of the A90 between Stonehaven and Blackdog was renumbered A92 in preparation for the opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route , which became the new route of the A90. From Edinburgh,

377-530: The Edinburgh City Bypass . The A90 ran along the coast and through Aberdeen until the city was bypassed with the opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route in 2018. The former stretch of A90 from Stonehaven through to just north of Aberdeen is now part of the A92 . Ground investigations were carried out in 2019 in preparation for upgrading the flat junction between the A90 and the A937 to

406-504: The Laurencekirk junction where a 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit is in force. This was introduced due to this junction's appalling safety record. A similar speed restriction was imposed at Forfar until two new grade-separated junctions were built, after which the restriction was lifted. In 2017 Average Speed Cameras were erected between Dundee and Stonehaven, with 15 per side, spaced approximately every 5 miles (8 km) for

435-590: The M90 . The creation and development of the A90 road has to be understood in terms of the development of the economy of the North-East of Scotland which had resulted in an increase in traffic along the route between Perth and Aberdeen. In recognition of this, in 1979, the British government announced that it was giving priority to the upgrading of the route to dual carriageway standard. It had already been decided that

464-556: The ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland . As parishes used for religious functions diverged from civil parishes, the former became known as quoad sacra parishes . Since 1975, Scotland has been divided into community council areas which are often similar to civil parishes in their boundaries. These community council are not equivalent to English parish councils and Welsh community councils and do not have legal powers of their own but in some cases local authorities have

493-410: The poor law . Their local government functions were abolished in 1930 with their powers transferred to county or burgh councils. Since 1975, they have been superseded as the smallest unit of local administration in Scotland by community councils . Civil parishes in Scotland can be dated from 1845, when parochial boards were established to administer the poor law . While they originally corresponded to

522-407: The 12th century. The refined sculptural detail of the chancel and apse arches is notable, as is a series of powerful beast-head corbels supporting the apse vault. These features are also extremely well preserved, with the original tool-marks still visible. The elaborate south doorway is carved with symbols representing a bestiary and an " agnus dei ", enlivened with blind arcading above. The door

551-541: The A90 travels west and connects to the M90 motorway bypass route that leads to the M9: however, it is only possible to travel northbound when reaching this connection. After connecting with the M90, it runs as a short section of A-road before turning into the M90 properly at the Queensferry Crossing . At Perth , beneath Kinnoull Hill , the M90 again becomes the A90, now running north east to Dundee and through

580-553: The A90 was made part of the A92 and continues via Newtonhill , Portlethen , Cove Bay , the urban area of Aberdeen and the Bridge of Don before rejoining the A90 at Blackdog Junction, where the A'PRT terminates. Continuing north, the route crosses the Ythan Estuary near Ellon where it becomes a single carriageway, skirting Peterhead (and crossing Balmoor Bridge ) on its way to Fraserburgh. The A952 road via Mintlaw

609-586: The Kingsway road system. It then passes Forfar , Brechin and Stracathro . After crossing the Cowie Water just north of Stonehaven , a new junction, opened in 2019, reroutes the A90 road north as part of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), bypassing the city to its west past the suburban developments of Peterculter , Milltimber , Westhill and Kingswells , turning east past Aberdeen Airport and Dyce . The section of road previously part of

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638-506: The east road out of the village. This pre-dating is further evidenced by the 7th-century coffin stone near the door which appears to have been dug up during the 1937 restoration. Besides the parish church, the most significant buildings are Dalmeny House and Barnbougle Castle , to the east of the village, home to the Earl of Rosebery . The most notable earl was Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery , who served as Prime Minister from 1894 to 1895 and

667-788: The local authorities created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and they continue to be used for census purposes. They are used as part of the coding system for agricultural holdings under the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) used to administer schemes within the Common Agricultural Policy . According to the website of the General Register Office for Scotland , there are now 871 civil parishes. Civil parish boundaries originally corresponded with

696-431: The parishes of the Church of Scotland , the number and boundaries of parishes soon diverged. Where a parish contained a burgh , the area of the parish outside the burgh was termed the landward area. Until 1891 some parishes lay in more than one county . In that year, under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , the boundaries of most of the civil parishes and counties were realigned so that each parish

725-485: The stone fort", in reference to the ancient triple-walled fort that once stood on Craigie Hill in the east of the parish. The second element has also been connected with Manau , an ancient name for the lands adjoining the Forth, which would give a meaning of "fort of Manau" (compare Slamannan , "mount of Manau", and Clackmannan , "stone of Manau"). The village has a primary school, which accommodates about 100 pupils, and

754-612: The trunk route between Dundee and Stonehaven which, previously, had followed the same route as the railway line between the two towns, would now follow an inland route through Forfar and Laurencekirk. The new route would incorporate the A85 from Perth to Dundee, the A929 between Dundee and Forfar, the A94 between Forfar and Stonehaven, and the A92 from Stonehaven to Aberdeen; in 1994, the confusion of numbers

783-409: Was remodelled in the late 19th century. This has elaborate but "inaccurate" Neo-Norman details. The church is a category A listed building . When viewed from a distance the church appears to rise on a mound above the local topography. It is speculated that it is built on a pre-Christian burial mound. This would mean that the graveyard predates the church. A second detached mound of smaller size lies on

812-428: Was resolved with the renumbering of these roads and the creation of the A90 (M90) Edinburgh to Aberdeen trunk road. The coastal route from Dundee to Stonehaven was detrunked in 1978, at the same time as the inland route was trunked. In 1994, it was stated that £139 million had been spent since 1979 on upgrades to the then-A90 between Perth and Aberdeen (the section between Stonehaven and Aberdeen has since become part of

841-413: Was wholly within a single county. In 1894 the parochial boards were replaced by more democratically elected parish councils. Parish councils were in turn abolished in 1930, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 , with powers being transferred to county councils in landward areas of counties and burgh councils where they were within a burgh. Their boundaries continued to be used to define some of

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