2-590: Rowanburn is a hamlet in Eskdale , Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland . Located near Canonbie , it sits around 5 miles south-east of Langholm and about a mile from the Anglo-Scottish border . Rowanburn was founded as a coal mining community to house miners from the Canonbie Coalfield in the late 19th century. There is a memorial to the now-closed coal mines in the hamlet. To the south, there
4-677: Is the Riddings Viaduct , a nine-span railway viaduct built in 1864 for the Border Union Railway . Several farms in the area were devastated by the 2001 foot and mouth crisis which spread rapidly via the local livestock market at Longtown . The only village shop, and garden centre, closed in 2003. This Dumfries and Galloway location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway Eskdale ( Scottish Gaelic : Eisgeadal , IPA: [ˈeʃkʲət̪əl̪ˠ] )
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