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Thornhill| Village in Dumfries and Galloway unitary authority, Scotland, situated on the River Nith, 24 km/15 mi north of Dumfries; population (2001) 1,800. The village includes two boulevards lined with 100-year-old lime trees planted by the 6th Duke of Buccleuch. |
| Among its architectural features are Drumlanrig Castle, an ancestral seat of the Duchy of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and Maxwelton House. |
| Thornhill was the birthplace in 1682 of Annie Laurie, immortalized in the verse of William Douglas, an unsuccessful suitor. |
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