2014
NX5158 : Englishman's Burn
taken 10 years ago, 3 km from Culcronchie, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland
Englishman's Burn
I'm not sure why Englishman's Burn is so called. Local tradition says that a battle was fought here between the Scots and the English, the date being variously given as 1150, 1154 or 1312, and that the name may relate to that.
Until about 20 years ago the burn provided the water supply for Creetown (also see
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