Dumfriesshire

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county of Scotland historic county

Dumfriesshire is a historic county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, known for its rural landscapes, market towns, and borderland history.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Nithsdale 3
Dumfries and Galloway 2
Kirkcudbright 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Scotland ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
associatedWith Robert Burns ⓘ
borders Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kirkcudbrightshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
Peeblesshire ⓘ
Roxburghshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Selkirkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsBorderCrossing Gretna Green, Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Gretna Green
containsRegion Annandale ⓘ
Eskdale ⓘ
Dumfriesshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nithsdale
containsSettlement Annan ⓘ
Dumfries NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gretna ⓘ
Langholm ⓘ
Lockerbie ⓘ
Moffat ⓘ
Sanquhar ⓘ
Thornhill ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentAdministrativeArea Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ
hasCoastOn Solway Firth ⓘ
hasCountyTown Dumfries NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Pan Am Flight 103 ⓘ
surface form: Lockerbie bombing
hasTransportRoute A74(M) motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Coast Main Line ⓘ
historicalLanguage Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
historicalProvince Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicCountySystem counties of Scotland ⓘ
knownFor borderland history ⓘ
market towns ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Uplands ⓘ
south of Scotland ⓘ
partOf historic region of Galloway and Dumfries ⓘ
regionType largely rural ⓘ
traversedByRiver River Annan ⓘ
River Esk ⓘ
River Nith ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earls of Queensberry → associatedCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Dumfries
House of Bruce → associatedWithPlace → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkpatrick
subject surface form: Kirkpatrick
this entity surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
Ayrshire → borderedBy → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Ayrshire → borderedBy → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire → borderedBy → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
this entity surface form: Nithsdale
Dumfriesshire → containsRegion → Dumfriesshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nithsdale
Clan Kirkpatrick → hasHistoricTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nithsdale
Clan Kirkpatrick → hasHistoricTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Galloway → hasSettlement → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kirkcudbright
southern Scotland → hasSettlement → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Scotland
this entity surface form: Kirkcudbright
this entity surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
Clan Douglas → region → Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Clan Kirkpatrick → region → Dumfriesshire ⓘ