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Blacklaw, a ruined tower of the Douglases of Fingland, in Moffat parish, Dumfriesshire, near the left bank of Evan Water, 2½ miles WNW of Moffat town. Behind it rises Blacklaw Hill (907 feet), and Blacklaw Burn runs by it to the Evan down a precipitous ravine. The Douglas of Fingland about 1700 was author of Annie Laurie.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a ruined tower" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Moffat Parish Dumfries Shire County |
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