Brow, Dumfries and Galloway back a well made barbed and tanged flint arrow-head was discovered near the Brow Well and was later mounted as a brooch. Brow, Dumfries and Galloway Brow is a hamlet on the B725 lying around 3 km from Ruthwell in the Parish of that name on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Raffles Burn runs through the site, marked on maps as the Brow Burn it flows into the Solway Firth at Lochar Bay. The name may refer to the situation of the site that 'faces or confronts' the Lochar Water and the
Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway Closeburn (Scottish Gaelic: "Cill Osbairn") is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is recorded as "Killosbern" in 1185. The first element of the name is Gaelic "cill" 'cell or church'. The second element is a saint's name, but none has definitely been identified. Between 1849 and 1961 the village had a railway station. Although Closeburn railway station is now closed, the Glasgow South Western Line still runs through the village. The