Moffat
Moffat is a former burgh as well as parish in Dumfriesshire, which is now part of the Dumfries and Galloway neighborhood authority location in Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and also a health club town. Moffat is around 59 mi (95 kilometres) to the southeast of Glasgow, 51 mi (82 kilometres) 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 Residence Resort, located at the northern end of the High Street, 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 worldwide. Moffat won the Britain in Bloom competition in 1996. Moffat is the house to Moffat toffee. The community is held to be the ancestral seat of Clan Moffat. The Devil's Beef Tub near Moffat was made use of by the members of Clan Moffat and later the participants of Clan Johnstone to hoard livestock taken in predatory raids.
