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Dumfries (/ d ʌ m ˈ f r iː s / ⓘ dum-FREESS; Scots: Dumfries; from Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris [ˌt̪un ˈfɾʲiʃ]) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border.
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.
Map of places in Dumfries and Galloway compiled from this list This List of places in Dumfries and Galloway is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hill fort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, loch, and other place of interest in the historic counties of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire within the Dumfries and ...
It is located close to the A74(M) on the border of Scotland and England and near the mouth of the River Esk. [3] The town is situated 22 mi (35 km) east-south-east of Dumfries, 8 mi (13 km) east of Annan, 10 mi (16 km) north-west of Carlisle, 88 mi (142 km) south-east of Glasgow and 89.5 mi (144 km) south of Edinburgh.
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland.The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county.
Near to Kelton is the memorial to Angus Mckay, the first royal piper, serving Queen Victoria. Later he was a patient at the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries. He died on 21 March 1859 after escaping and is presumed to have drowned in the River Nith. A memorial was placed at the site of his disappearance to commemorate his life in 2010.
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Kirkton within Dumfries and Galloway. Kirkton is a small village between Duncow and Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. [1] It is located near the River Nith and has a Grade B listed church. The church serves the combined Kirkmahoe parish.