query: located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity repentance tower
supports: Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries ("Siorrachd Dhùn Phris" in Gaelic) is lieutenancy area and historic county of Scotland. Scotland (Scots: ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides. Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart. It is well known today as "Scotland's National Book Town" with a high concentration of second-hand book shops. It has a population of about 1,000. A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Dumfries (; possibly from ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was a civil parish and became the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed "Queen of the South". People from Dumfries are known colloquially as "Doonhamers". Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland. Until 1975, Wigtownshire was one of the administrative counties used for local government purposes, and is now administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. As a lieutenancy area, Wigtownshire has its own Lord Lieutenant, currently John Alexander Ross. Stewartry is a committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Repentance Tower is a 16th - century tower house situated near Annan , Dumfries and Galloway . Built in 1565 by John Maxwell , it served as a watchtower for Hoddom Castle . The tower takes its name from an inscription above the door . Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It comprises the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire, the latter two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The administrative centre is the town of Dumfries. Galloway (Gaelic: "Gall-Ghàidhealaibh"; Latin: "Gallovidia") is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the counties of Wigtown and Kirkcudbright. The Southern Uplands are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Lowlands and the Highlands). The term is used both to describe the geographical region and to collectively denote the various ranges of hills and mountains within this region. An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. Kirkcudbright, is a town and parish in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which it is traditionally the county town, within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
candidates: central centre dumfries dumfries and galloway dumfriesshire galloway kirkcudbright kirkcudbrightshire north northern of river scotland south west
answer: scotland