🏴 Architect Thomas Ross is associated with Moffat. In 1918 he became Professor of Antiquities at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
🏴 Moffat (Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. It lies on the River Annan. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town.
Moffat is around 59 miles (95 kilometres) to the south-east of Glasgow, 51 miles (82 kilometres) south-west of Edinburgh, 21 miles (34 kilometres) north-east of Dumfries and 44 miles (71 kilometres) north-west of Carlisle.
The Moffat House Hotel, located at the northern end of the High Street, was designed by John Adam. The nearby Star Hotel, a mere 20 ft (6 m) wide, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the narrowest hotel in the world. Moffat won the Britain in Bloom contest in 1996.
Moffat is home to Moffat toffee.
The town is held to be the ancestral seat of Clan Moffat. The Devil's Beef Tub near Moffat was used by the members of Clan Moffat and later the members of Clan Johnstone to hoard cattle stolen in predatory raids.
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Moffat has a population of over 2,500 people. Moffat also forms part of the wider Dumfries and Galloway District which has a population of over 148,790 people. Moffat is situated 34 km north-east of .
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Moffat has links with:
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🏴 Architect David MacGibbon is associated with Moffat. In 1880 he was elected President of the Edinburgh Architectural Association.
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