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Brow, a decayed village in Ruthwell parish, Dumfriesshire, on the coast of the Solway Firth, at the influx of Lochar Water, 9 miles SE of Dumfries. It has a chalybeate spring, and was formerly in repute as a watering-place, both for the spring and for sea-bathing. Here Burns spent three of the last weeks of his life (July 1796), in the hope of restoring his shattered constitution.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a decayed village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ruthwell ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
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