Editing Dumfries and Galloway (section)

====Transportation====

The A701 branches off the M74 at [[Beattock]], goes through the town of [[Moffat]], climbs to Annanhead above the [[Devil's Beef Tub]] (at the source of the River Annan) before passing the source of the River Tweed and carrying on to [[Edinburgh]]. Until fairly recent times the ancient route to Edinburgh travelled right up Annandale to the Beef Tub before climbing steeply to Annanhead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_058/58_203_227.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612010040/http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_058/58_203_227.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Proceedings of the Society Feb 11th 1924 ANCIENT BORDER HIGHWAYS by Harry R G Inglis|archivedate=12 June 2007}}</ref> The present road ascends northward on a ridge parallel to Annandale but to the west of it which makes for a much easier ascent.

From Moffat the A708 heads north east along the valley of Moffat Water (Moffatdale) on its way to [[Selkirk, Scottish Borders|Selkirk]]. Moffatdale separates the Moffat hills (to the north) from the Ettrick hills to the south.