The Merse

The Merse is in , , . The Merse is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Midpark Hospital and Crichton Memorial Church, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries.

Hospital
Photo: James Emmans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a modern acute mental health unit located in . The hospital is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

Church
Photo: Grant McIntosh Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeological site
Pict's Knowe is a henge monument in the parish of , . It is one of a small group of henge monuments around which includes Broadlea henge near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumfries and Troqueer.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the principal town of in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in town until his death, aged 37.

Suburb
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in on the west side of the . The eastern-side was merged with to the east in 1929, and today eastern is a suburb of Dumfries.

Suburb
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was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of , Scotland.

The Merse

Latitude
55.0282° or 55° 1′ 42″ north
Longitude
-3.5947° or 3° 35′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C7R2CH4+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 875574900
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wetland
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