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was the landlord immortalised in verse by Burns and his wife was Catherine Stewart whose parents had run the Closeburn Kirk Brig Inn. Her brother was Willie Stewart who was the factor or grieve of the Closeburn Castle estate.
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whilst he was working at an excise man or gauger in the area and was the site of inspirational events that led to the bard writing several poems, odes, etc.
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is on the western boundary of the parish of Closeburn. The eastern part of the parish contains several hills, including the 2,286 feet (697 m)
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was a friend of Robert Burns, a vintner and landlord at the Brownhill Inn.
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The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland: A-H
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miles (4 km) east of Thornhill, is on the boundary of Closeburn and
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Video footage of the 11th century Dalgarnock Kirk site and burial ground
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Situated two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) east of the village is
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Between 1849 and 1961 the village had a railway station. Although
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miles (6 km) north-north-east of Closeburn was chosen by
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still runs through the village. The nearest stations are at
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List of listed buildings in Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway
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Scottish Gaelic
civil parish
Dumfries and Galloway
A76 road
Thornhill
Gaelic
Closeburn railway station
Glasgow South Western Line
Sanquhar
Dumfries
Wallace Hall
listed building
Closeburn Castle
tower house
Kirkpatrick family
River Nith
Queensberry
Lowther Hills
Southern Uplands
Crichope Linn
Walter Scott
Old Mortality
Gatelawbridge
Morton
Brownhill Inn
Robert Burns
John Bacon
John Bacon
Prof John Hunter

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