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The River Annan (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Anann) is a river in south-west Scotland. It rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub , Moffat and Lockerbie , reaching the sea at Annan, Dumfries and Galloway after about 40 miles.
Powfoot is a coastal village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland that lies on the northern shore of the Solway Firth. [1] It is located approximately 4 miles south west of the town of Annan and approximately 1.5 miles south east of the neighbouring village of Cummertrees. The Pow water, a local river runs through the village.
In 1871, the Dumfries Burghs had a population of 3,172 and the royal burgh of Annan had 4,174, governed by a provost and 14 councillors. [3] A Harbour Trust was established in 1897 to improve the port. [4] The small Newbie Harbour lay on the other side of the River Annan near Newbie Mill and served the old Newbie Castle and barony.
Map of places in Dumfries and Galloway compiled from this list. This List of places in Dumfries and Galloway is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hill fort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, loch, and other place of interest in the historic counties of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire within the Dumfries and ...
The estuary of the River Nith, opening into Solway Firth south of Dumfries Hoddom Bridge, River Annan. Mull of Galloway to Gretna; rivers flowing into the Irish Sea and Solway Firth. Water of Luce catchment. Water of Luce. Main Water of Luce (Rs) Cross water of Luce (Ls) Bladnoch catchment. River Bladnoch. Tarf Water (R) Black Burn (R) Cree ...
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland ... Annan railway station; River Annan, Dumfries and Galloway; Taiwan. Annan District, in the north of Tainan City; Others
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.
Cummertrees is a coastal village and civil parish of Annandale in the historical county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) inland, on the Pow Water to the northwest of Powfoot, 12 miles (19 km) from Dumfries and 3 miles (5 km) from Annan. [1]