Kelton, a village on the mutual border of Dumfries and Caerlaverock parishes, Dumfriesshire, on the left bank of the Nith, 3½ miles SSE of Dumfries. It is an out-port of Dumfries for vessels unable to go further up the river; and it has carried on a small amount of shipbuilding.
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