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Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace

Tags: South Scotland

Arched house | C18th | Ecclefechan | DG11 3DG


Small white-painted cottage; great example of Scottish 18th-century vernacular architecture. Birthplace of prolific 19th-century writer. Good example of domestic life in the early Victorian period. House is small, so best suited to factual crews with limited equipment. Limited roadside parking.

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