Durisdeer Hills and Dalveen Pass
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35 Here are the "Durisdeer Marbles". As you can see from the inscription below, which is translated from Latin, this is the tomb of the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry - another of the present Duke of Buccleuch's titles. This is the Duke of Queensberry who was involved in the union of the Scottish Parliament with the English Parliament to form Great Britain in 1707. One of the "Parcel of Rogues in a Nation"

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Text from the inscription on the monument
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