Moffat is a previous burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, which is currently part of the Dumfries as well as Galloway regional authority area in Scotland, pushing the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade as well as a spa town. Moffat is around 59 mi (95 km) to the southeast of Glasgow, 51 mi (82 km) to the south of Edinburgh, 21 mi (34 kilometres) to the north of Dumfries and 44 mi (71 kilometres) to the north of Carlisle. The Moffat House Hotel, situated at the north end of the High Road, was developed by John Adam. The close-by Star Hotel, a simple 20 feet (6 m) broad, was provided in the Guinness Book of Records as the narrowest hotel on the planet. Moffat won the Britain in Bloom competition in 1996. Moffat is the residence to Moffat toffee. The town is held to be the ancestral seat of Clan Moffat. The Devil's Beef Tub near Moffat was used by the participants of Clan Moffat and also later on the participants of Clan Johnstone to hoard livestock taken in predative raids.