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Dumfries & Galloway

Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace

Childhood home of one of Britain’s most influential thinkers

Getting here

Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace is in Ecclefechan, 5½ miles south-east of Lockerbie and 6 miles north-west of Gretna Green.
Address Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace The Arched House Ecclefechan Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway DG11 3DG

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Ecclefechan is just off the A74(M) - leave at junction 19 and follow the B7076.

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