Dumfriesshire

British

/ -ʃə, dʌmˈfriːsˌʃɪə /

noun

(until 1975) a county in S Scotland, on the Solway Firth, now part of Dumfries and Galloway

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There are three potential sites in Scotland - in Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire and at Grangemouth, in Stirlingshire.

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Ashmole most recently stood for the Scottish Greens in the 2024 General Election in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale seat which was retained by Conservative David Mundell.

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These included Ayrshire, Galloway, Dumfriesshire and the areas now known as the Scottish Borders.

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And it said that if there was no significant rainfall over the next seven days, the River Esk in Dumfriesshire would be raised to "significant scarcity".

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Day four has been described as his "toughest day" as he navigates through Dumfriesshire into Lanarkshire on "tricky rural terrain".

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