Burnt Wood

Burnt Wood is a forest in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Burnt Wood is situated nearby to the locality Shawbrae, as well as near the village Ecclefechan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burnswark Hill and Repentance Tower.

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.

Repentance Tower

Historic building

Photo: Logan5, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Repentance Tower is a very rare example of a mid-16th century watch tower standing on Trailtrow Hill, six miles north-west of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.

Purdomstone Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ecclefechan and Brydekirk.

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.

Brydekirk

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brydekirk is a village in Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland located approximately 4 km north of Annan. The village was a planned the concept dating to 1800 from the Paisley-Dirom family of Mount Annan, set around a bridge over the River Annan.