Crocketford (, also frequently ) also known as Ninemile Bar (), as it is approximately equidistant between Castle Douglas and Dumfries, is a village in the historical county of

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in the

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...

council area near the boundary between Scotland and England. It is located on the A75 road around west of

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...

. Crocketford is one of only two settlements that are not bypassed by the A75 along with Springholm, around to the south-west. The Buchanites were the followers of Elspeth Buchan (1738-1791), who claimed to be the Woman Clad with the Sun from the

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. After expulsion from Dumfriesshire they eventually settled at Newhouse in the village. A small burial ground at the property contained the remains of various members of the sect.

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Villages in Dumfries and Galloway {{DumfriesGalloway-geo-stub