Lochmaben

Lochmaben, a market-town of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, 10 miles by rail NE. of Dumfries. It stands amid seven lochs, two of which contain the rare vendace, and has a town-hall (1878), with a statue in front of it of Robert Bruce, and the ruined castle of the Bruces. A royal burgh, it unites with Dumfries, &c. to return one member. Pop. 1039. See W. Graham's Lochmaben (1865).