Moffat
Moffat is a previous burgh and also parish in Dumfriesshire, which is currently part of the Dumfries and Galloway regional authority area in Scotland, pushing the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the woollen trade as well as a medical spa community. Moffat is around 59 mi (95 km) to the southeast of Glasgow, 51 mi (82 kilometres) to the south of Edinburgh, 21 mi (34 km) to the north of Dumfries and also 44 mi (71 kilometres) to the north of Carlisle. The Moffat Home Hotel, located at the north end of the High Road, was developed by John Adam. The close-by Star Hotel, a plain 20 ft (6 m) broad, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the narrowest hotel on the planet. Moffat won the Britain in Blossom contest in 1996. Moffat is the home to Moffat toffee. The community 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 the participants of Clan Johnstone to hoard cattle taken in predatory raids.
