Collin is a small village between
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
and
Gretna in
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
, Scotland.
It is located on the
Lochar Water, and the
A75 road. It lies 5.3 km east of
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
, and 20 km north-west of
Annan. It has a
cemetery.
Rockhall Tower, a castle once owned by the
Grierson baronets
The Grierson Baronetcy, of Lag in the County of Dumfries, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 25 March 1685 for Robert Grierson, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries and notorious persecutor of the ...
, is in Collin.
References
Villages in Dumfries and Galloway
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