Eaglesfield
Eaglesfield is a village in south east Dumfriesshire in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 691 residents
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Eaglesfield, Dumfries and Galloway” and “Eglwys”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blatobulgium and Robgill Tower.
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.
Robgill Tower
Castle
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Robgill Tower is a tower house near Kirkpatrick Fleming on the banks of the river Kirtle. It was one of a number of towers built along the border as protection against incursions by the English. Robgill Tower is situated 2 miles south of Eaglesfield.
Purdomstone Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purdomstone Reservoir is situated 2½ miles northwest of Eaglesfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirtlebridge and 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.
Ecclefechan
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Ecclefechan is situated 3 miles west of Eaglesfield.
Timpanheck
Hamlet
Timpanheck is a village in Annandale, Scottish Borders. Timpanheck is situated 5 miles east of Eaglesfield.
Eaglesfield
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.06088° or 55° 3′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.19376° or 3° 11′ 38″ westPopulation
691Elevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
9C7R3R64+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3740101246OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650573Wikidata ID
Q1009628
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Eaglesfield” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eaglesfield”
- Bulgarian: “Еаглесфиелд”
- Cebuano: “Eaglesfield”
- Dutch: “Eaglesfield”
- French: “Eaglesfield”
- German: “Eaglesfield”
- Irish: “Achadh na h-Eaglaise”
- Irish: “Eaglesfield”
- Italian: “Eaglesfield”
- Scots: “Eaglesfield, Dumfries an Gallowa”
- Scots: “Eaglesfield”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Achadh na h-Eaglaise”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglesfield”
- Spanish: “Eaglesfield”
- Swedish: “Eaglesfield”
- Welsh: “Eaglesfield”
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Notable Places Nearby
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