Annan, Dumfries and Galloway the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Entertainment includes a procession, sports, field displays and massed pipe bands. Annan stands on the River Annan—from which it is named—nearly from its mouth, accessible to vessels of 60 tons as far as Annan Bridge and 300 tons within of the city. It is from Dumfries by rail, in the region of Dumfries and Galloway on the Solway Firth in the south of Scotland. Eastriggs is about to the east and Gretna is about to the east. Roman remains exist nearby. Annan
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