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 1¼ miles south of Purdomstown.

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. Burnswark Hill is situated 2 miles northwest of Purdomstown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ecclefechan and 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 2 miles southwest of Purdomstown.

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 2 miles southeast of Purdomstown.

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 southeast of Purdomstown.

Purdomstown

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.08103° or 55° 4′ 52″ north

Longitude

-3.23464° or 3° 14′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C7R3QJ8+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 374530776

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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