Brow, Dumfries and Galloway Brow, Dumfries and Galloway Brow is a hamlet on the B725 lying around 3 km from Ruthwell in the Parish of that name on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Raffles Burn runs through the site, marked on maps as the Brow Burn it flows into the Solway Firth at Lochar Bay. The name may refer to the situation of the site that 'faces or confronts' the Lochar Water and the Solway Firth. The hamlet in 1747 consisted of four or more buildings on a minor road between Ruthwell and Caerlaverock. A ford
Eaglesfield, Dumfries and Galloway centuries. The village is a good example of a linear settlement, as most of it is in and around a single road. The nearest town to Eaglesfield is Annan, which is located approximately seven miles away. Eaglesfield, Dumfries and Galloway Eaglesfield is a village in south east Dumfriesshire (Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland. It is not far from the English Border with Cumbria Eaglesfield is of ancient origin, and Blacket Tower is the former seat of an old Scottish Borders family, Clan Bell,a sept of Clan Douglas. There is some debate about the origin of the first element of the name