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Browhouses, a village and a bay in Gretna parish, Dumfriesshire. The village stands on the bay, 5½ miles E by S of Annan, and is of considerable magnitude. The bay is merely a slight encurvature between Tordoff and Redkirk Points; but it affords some shelter from the rushing tides of the Solway,
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a bay" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Gretna Parish Dumfries Shire County |
| Place: | Browhouses |
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