Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire

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Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire is a small historic village in southwest Scotland known for its ancient parish church and connections to the Douglas, Dukes of Queensberry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
village
administrativeArea Dumfries and Galloway council area
associatedWithFamily Douglas family
associatedWithTitle Dukes of Queensberry
country Scotland
hasCharacteristic historic village
small rural settlement
hasCulturalSignificance example of a historic Scottish parish village
hasEconomicCharacter predominantly agricultural surroundings
hasFeature historic graveyard
parish kirk
rural landscape
hasHeritage aristocratic estates
medieval ecclesiastical history
hasHistoricAffiliation Clan Douglas
surface form: House of Douglas

Peerage of Scotland
surface form: Scottish nobility
hasNearbyEstate Drumlanrig area
Queensberry estates
surface form: Queensberry estate
hasNearbyLandmark Lowther Hills
Queensberry Hill
hasNotableBuilding Durisdeer Parish Church
hasParishStatus ancient parish
hasReligiousDenomination Church of Scotland
hasReligiousSite Durisdeer Parish Church
historicalCounty Dumfriesshire
knownFor ancient parish church
connections to the Dukes of Queensberry
historic association with the Douglas family
languageSpoken English
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfriesshire
locatedInCountrySubdivision Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
locatedInNation United Kingdom
locatedInRegion southwest Scotland
locatedOnContinent Europe
partOf parish of Durisdeer
traditionalLanguage Scots
Scottish Gaelic

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James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry burialPlace Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire