Langdyke

Langdyke is a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Langdyke is situated near the village Ecclefechan, as well as near the coniferous forest Shawbrae Moor Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Blatobulgium and Burnswark Hill.

Blatobulgium

Archaeological site

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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 2 miles east of Langdyke.

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 1½ miles north of Langdyke.

Purdomstone Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Purdomstone Reservoir is situated 1½ miles northeast of Langdyke.

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. Eaglesfield is situated 3 miles east of Langdyke.

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 3½ miles southeast of Langdyke.

Langdyke

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

55.07267° or 55° 4′ 22″ north

Longitude

-3.26814° or 3° 16′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C7R3PFJ+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 881584526

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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Highlights: Ecclefechan Post Office and Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace.

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