Dumfriesshire
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![Dumfriesshire Civil Parish map. Published 1854. http://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee01wils#page/n542/mode/1up Boundaries outlined in red](/Images/godic/202501/10/DUMFRIESSHIRE_Civil_Parish_map2217.jpg")
![Craigenputtock House 1829](/Images/godic/202501/10/Craigenputtock_george_moir2217.png")
![Situación geográfica de Dumfriesshire, Escocia.](/Images/godic/202501/10/DumfriesshireTraditional2217.png")
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is lieutenancy area and historic county of Scotland.
It borders Kirkcudbrightshire to the west, Ayrshire to the north-west, Lanarkshire, Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire to the north, and Roxburghshire to the east. To the south is the coast of the Solway Firth, and the English county of Cumberland.