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Dumfries (Dun Phris)
A royal burgh on the east bank of the River Nith, 7 miles from its mouth at the Solway Firth, was originally a strong Border fortress.
The name is derived from ‘a castle surrounded by furze’.
Devorguilla, mother of John de Baliol erected the old bridge over the Nith in the 13th century and six of the original nine arches still remain. The new bridge was built in 1794.
A lively town and one of the many places associated with the great bard Robert Burns.
Allow some time to do the Burns Trail and see where he lived with his wife and family.
When Burns died in July 1796, his body lay in state before a highly impressive funeral procession to St Michael’s kirkyard.
On the afternoon of his burial, his wife Jean gave birth to their son Maxwell.
Terregles is a mansion of 1789 just over a mile northwest of town, is where Mary, Queen of Scots rested before going south to England
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- Landmark