Bridge over the River Dee at Tongland

Tongland could also refer to a gang territory in Glasgow

Tongland Power station

Tongland is a small village about 2 miles north of Kirkcudbright, south west Scotland. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Kirkcudbright, (kɚˈkuːbriː ("Kirr Coo Bree" (Cille Chuithbeirt is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It lies on the west bank of the Dee. The river Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from its source in Loch Dee amongst the Galloway Hills, firstly to Clatteringshaws Loch, and then in

Tongland Abbey, a medieval Premonstratensian monastic community, existed here during the middle ages. Tungland or Tongland Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Galloway. The Norbertines, also known as the Premonstratensians (OPraem and in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons (from the colour of The remains of this may still be seen together with a church, which is in a state of disrepair. The Dee is crossed shortly downriver by Tongland Bridge, a stone arch bridge constructed in 1806 by Thomas Telford. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 - 2 September 1834 was born in Westerkirk, Scotland.

Since the 1930s, Tongland has been the site of a hydro-electric power station, part of the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water The Galloway hydro-electric power scheme is a network of dams and hydro-electric Power stations in Galloway, south west Scotland. The station is open to visitors during the summer months. Slightly earlier, between 1921 and 1922 'Galloway' cars were made in Tongland in a First World War factory. Galloway was a British car maker founded in 1920 as a subsidiary company to Arrol-Johnston.

Since 2004, there have been several construction projects, with the site of a former garage now home to two new houses. There are also several more houses being constructed. In 2006, street lights were installed along the A711 which passes through the village.