High Street, Ecclefechan
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High Street, Ecclefechan
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 7 Oct 2014
Robert Burns, snowed in here in 1795, derided Ecclefechan as 'an unfortunate wicked little village'. Its happier claim to fame, however, is as the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle, coincidentally born in 1795.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.059653
Longitude
-3.265436