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
Beeswing, Dumfries and Galloway site in the 1930s. Close-Brooks, J. (1974-1975) "An Iron-Age Date for the Loch Lotus Canoe", "Proc Soc Antiq Scot", 106, p. 199 Gillespie, J. E. (1874-1876) "Notice of a Canoe Found in Loch Lotus, Parish of New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire", "Proc Soc Antiq Scot", 11, pp. 21-23 Harper, M. M. (1876) "Rambles in Galloway: Topographical, Historical, Traditional,and Biographical", Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, p. 203 Henderson, J.C., Cavers, M. G., and Crone, B. A. (2006) "The South West Crannog Survey: Recent work on the lake dwellings of Dumfries and Galloway", "Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society", 80,