Burnswark
Burnswark is a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Burnswark is situated nearby to Purdomstone Reservoir, as well as near Torbeckhill Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burnswark Hill and Purdomstone Reservoir.
Burnswark Hill
Peak
Burnswark Hill, to the east of the A74 between Ecclefechan and Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, is a prominent flat-topped hill, composed of basalt deposited some 300 million years ago as a local flow of lava.
Torbeckhill Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torbeckhill Reservoir is situated 2½ miles east of Burnswark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ecclefechan and Lockerbie.
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 2½ miles south of Burnswark.
Lockerbie
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lockerbie is a town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 4190 in 2020. It's on the road and railway between Carlisle and Glasgow, and grew up as a "planned town" from the 18th century.
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 4 miles southeast of Burnswark.
Burnswark
- Type: Farm
- Also known as: “Birrenswark”
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.09838° or 55° 5′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.26719° or 3° 16′ 2″ westElevation
564 feet (172 metres)Open location code
9C7R3PXM+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 881583088OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyardGeoNames ID
2654257
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