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[[File:Morton Castle and Loch - geograph.org.uk - 908106.jpg|thumb|250px|Morton Castle and Loch]]
'''Morton''' is a parish in the district of [[Nithsdale]], [[Dumfriesshire]] adjacent to the border with [[Lanarkshire]]. It contains [[Thornhill, Dumfriesshire|Thornhill]], a burgh of barony, and the larger portion of the village of Carronbridge. It extends in length about seven miles from north to south, with an extreme breadth of four miles. It is bounded to the north-east by [[Crawford]] (in Lanarkshire), and on the other sides by the parishes of [[Closeburn]], [[Penpont]], and [[Durisdeer]].

The lower district is traversed by the A76 trunk road from [[Glasgow]] to [[Dumfries]]. The village of Morton is situated three miles north-east of Penpont. The parish is watered by the rivers [[River Nith|Nith]], [[River Cample|Cample]], and [[River Carron|Carron]], and near a small tributary of the Cample stand the ruins of Morton Castle, which belonged to Randolph in the reign of Robert the Bruce. The castle passed from the Randolphs to the Douglases, who take from hence the title of earl.

[[Category:Towns and villages in Dumfriesshire]]
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