River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway The River Esk (), also called the Border Esk, is a river in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that flows into the Solway Firth. It also flows for a small way through the English county of Cumbria before entering the Solway. The river rises in the hills to the east of Moffat and its two main tributaries, the Black Esk and the White Esk, merge at the southern end of Castle O'er Forest. It flows south east through Eskdale past Langholm before merging with Liddel Water (which defines the border between Scotland and England. Before passing
Eaglesfield, Dumfries and Galloway 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 which may derive from the Celtic word for a church, "eglwys" in modern Welsh, or "eaglais" in modern Scottish Gaelic. Many of the buildings in the village are of recent construction, from the 19th and 20th