Ecclefechan
Ecclefechan is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. The village is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle. Ecclefechan lies in the valley of the Mein Water, a tributary of the River Annan, 6+1⁄4 miles south of Lockerbie, five miles north of Annan and eight miles northwest of the English border.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blatobulgium and Purdomstone Reservoir.
Blatobulgium
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blatobulgium was a Roman fort, located at the modern-day site known as Birrens, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It protected the main western road to Scotland. Blatobulgium is situated 1½ miles east of Ecclefechan.
Purdomstone Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purdomstone Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Ecclefechan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brydekirk and Eaglesfield.
Brydekirk
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brydekirk is a village in Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland located approximately 4 km north of Annan. The village was a planned the concept dating to 1800 from the Paisley-Dirom family of Mount Annan, set around a bridge over the River Annan. Brydekirk is situated 2½ miles south of Ecclefechan.
Eaglesfield
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eaglesfield is a village in south east Dumfriesshire in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Eaglesfield is situated 3 miles east of Ecclefechan.
Kirtlebridge
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirtlebridge is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. It is located 8 kilometres north-east of Annan, 5 kilometres north-west of Kirkpatrick-Fleming, and 1.5 kilometres south of Eaglesfield. Kirtlebridge is situated 3 miles east of Ecclefechan.
Ecclefechan
- Type: Village with 821 residents
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.05969° or 55° 3′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.26496° or 3° 15′ 54″ westPopulation
821Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C7R3P5P+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 321850371OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650280Wikidata ID
Q1015818
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Ecclefechan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էկլեֆեխան”
- Basque: “Ecclefechan”
- Catalan: “Eaglais Fheichein”
- Catalan: “Ecclefechan”
- Cebuano: “Ecclefechan”
- Chinese: “埃克尔费亨”
- Chinese: “埃克爾費亨”
- Chinese: “艾克里費亨”
- Chinese: “雅高費根”
- Czech: “Ecclefechan”
- Dutch: “Ecclefechan”
- Esperanto: “Ecclefechan”
- French: “Eaglais Fheichein”
- German: “Ecclefechan”
- Irish: “Eaglais Fheichein”
- Italian: “Ecclefechan”
- Japanese: “エクルフェカン”
- Japanese: “エックレフェチャン”
- Persian: “اکلفکن”
- Polish: “Ecclefechan”
- Scots: “Ecclefechan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglais Fheichein Fechan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglais Fheichein”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglais Fheichin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ecclefechan”
- Serbian: “Eklfehan”
- Serbian: “Еклиш Ехеин”
- Serbian: “Еклфехан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Еклиш Ехеин”
- Slovak: “Eaglais Fheichein”
- Slovenian: “Ecclefechan”
- Spanish: “Ecclefechan”
- Swedish: “Ecclefechan”
- Welsh: “Ecclefechan”
- “Ecclefechan”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace and The Arched House.
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