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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 645 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOFFAT  , a

burgh of
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barony, and police burgh, of Upper Annandale,
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Dumfriesshire, Scotland . Pop . (1901), 2153 . It is situated.21 m . N.N.E. of Dumfries by road and 63 m. distant by the Caledonian railway, from both
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Edinburgh and
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Glasgow . It is the
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terminus of a branch
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line from Beattock, 2 M. distant . It has been famous for its
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sulphur and saline waters since the
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middle of the 18th century, and also enjoys
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great vogue as a
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holiday resort . The hills in the locality range from the adjacent Gallow Hill (832 ft.) to Hartfell (2651 ft.); about 5 M. north there is abundance of beautiful and varied scenery on the
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Annan, the Evan, the Birnock and the Moffat . The
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spa, a mile to the north of the
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town, was acquired by the burgh commissioners in 1898, and there are also spas at Hartfell (32 M. north) and Garpel (2 M. south-west) . Dumcrieff House, 2 M. south-west, is the seat of Lord Rollo .

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