Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Friars Carse

Friars Carse, seat, Dunscore par., Dumfries-shire, on ;he Nith, 1½ m. SE. of Auldgirth sta. and 6 m. NW. of Dumfries; was a cell of Melrose Abbey. Friars Carse was often visited by Burns during his tenancy of Ellisland.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Dunscore ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty

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