Scotland
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Ecclefechan

Ecclefechan is a village located in in the south of . The village is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle. Ecclefechan lies in the valley of the Mein Water, a tributary of the , 6+1⁄4 miles south of , five miles north of and eight miles northwest of the border.
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Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blatobulgium and Purdomstone Reservoir.

Archaeological site
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was a Roman fort, located at the modern-day site known as Birrens, in , . It protected the main western road to Scotland. is situated 1½ miles east of Ecclefechan.

Reservoir
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles northeast of Ecclefechan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eaglesfield and Kirtlebridge.

Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in south east in the local authority area of , Scotland. is situated 3 miles east of Ecclefechan.

Village
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is a village in , southern . It is located 8 kilometres north-east of , 5 kilometres north-west of Kirkpatrick-Fleming, and 1.5 kilometres south of . is situated 3 miles east of Ecclefechan.

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a market town in in southwest Scotland, with a population of 8700 in 2022. Many town buildings are a warm red sandstone, but the main visitor attraction is the First World War munitions complex that made "the devil's porridge".

Ecclefechan

Latitude
55.05969° or 55° 3′ 35″ north
Longitude
-3.26496° or 3° 15′ 54″ west
Population
821
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Open location code
9C7R3P5P+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321850371
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2650280
Wiki­data 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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