Backburn Wood
Backburn Wood is a forest in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Backburn Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Middlebie, as well as near the village Eaglesfield.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.
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.
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.
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.
Backburn Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.078° or 55° 4′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.2168° or 3° 13′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7R3QHM+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 374531374OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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