Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace is a house in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, in which Thomas Carlyle, who was to become a pre-eminent man of letters, was born in 1795.

[1] It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, registered as a Category A listed building.

Many of Carlyle's belongings are housed along with a collection of portraits and photographs relating to his life.

[5] It was from here that Thomas Carlyle walked nearly one hundred miles in order to attend the University of Edinburgh at the age of 13, intending for the ministry.

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