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Branteth, a place, with a sandstone quarry and a mineral spring, in Kirkpatrick-Fleming parish, Dumfriesshire. The sandstone of the quarty is of a white colour, occasionally mixed with yellow. The water of the spring is strongly sulphureous, and has been very successfully used in scrofulous and scorbutic cases.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a place, with a sandstone quarry and a mineral spring" (ADL Feature Type: "mine sites") |
Administrative units: | Kirkpatrick Fleming ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
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