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Famous uses of granite?

Have heard many stories about places where Dalbeattie Grantie has been used but no one seems to be able to provide any proof as to whether they are true. For example this page says it was used to build parts of Windsor Castle? If anyone can assist here is my list of places.....

Valetta Harbour Malta Albert Bridge Belfast Mersey Docks Edystone Lighthouse Sydney Harbour Bridge Great Bass Light House Ceylon Trinidad and Tabago Docks Thames Embankment Tombs of Nelson, General Gordon and Chicken Rock Lighthouse Isle of Man (proven) Ally K Allykalotka 18:44, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Miles v KM's

Dalbeattie is still part of the UK, miles are used in the UK not KM, hences distances should be shown in miles not KM's. --Devokewater (talk) 12:01, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IP user has now 'fixed' this three times, but MOS:UNIT still applies. Retswerb (talk) 00:50, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Retswerb (talk), MOS:UNIT states that miles are used for the UK. --Devokewater (talk) 10:28, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have reverted again and reported the IP for 3RR violation. Retswerb (talk) 10:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ask to protect the page if this continues, regards. --Devokewater (talk) 10:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"the burn"

Would it not be a good idea to specify the burn in question, if only distinguish it from the river Urr- given that the article states that "Dalbeattie is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water"- and this might cause confusion to those unfamiliar with Scots toponomy, let alone local geography? JF42 (talk) 07:06, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure really, if you see the conversation in the section above "Miles v KM's" (which incidentally should be titled "Miles vs KM", KM is not a person) you can see that Wikipedia pages are only intended to be viewed by local residents and not really intended for viewing by people far away. Since 96% of the wolds population has no idea what a mile actually is. Ideally by the logic above the whole page should be written like "In Dabaetae theirs a burn thit gins throo the toon rite an aww the wiy throo theirs an al' dyke on it anaw made fae the granit fae up the road ken..." etc.. I know we make sense but this isn't really a place for intelligent people apparently. 85.255.236.214 (talk) 22:31, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]