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Dalswinton, vil. and estate, in co. and 7½ miles NW. of Dumfries; P.O.; on the estate is Dalswinton House, on site of an ancient castle of the Comyns; it was built by Mr Patrick Miller, the landlord of Burns, and the projector of steam navigation; near the house is a loch, on which he launched the first trial steamboat.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "village and estate" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Dumfries Shire County |
| Place: | Dalswinton |
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