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The Cross Borders Drove Road is an 82-kilometre (51 mi) long hiking trail in the Borders region of Scotland. The route is based on the main route used by drovers who used to drive cattle from the markets ( trysts ) at places such as Falkirk and Crieff southwards for sale in England.
Penvalla hill is on the right. Eventually the highest point of the walk is reached above Stobo Hopehead, surely one of the most remote houses in the Scottish Borders, 6 km (4 miles) up a track from the road. The path then descends to the village of Broughton. The walk finishes at the John Buchan Centre at the south end of the village.
Much of the route follows former Roman roads in the Borders. SGT Roman Heritage Way: 241: Wallsend & Melrose: Heads north from Hadrian's Wall into the Scottish Borders. [19] Virtual route Scottish Coastal Way-N/A: A proposed route around the coastline of Scotland. Proposed virtual route Scottish National Trail: 864: Kirk Yetholm & Cape Wrath
A shorter section of the older route from Dunbar to the Scottish Borders has been renamed as the 'John Muir Link'. [7] In 2017 the route was designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by NatureScot. [8] The Independent declared the original John Muir Way its Walk of the Month for February 2014. [9]
The Borders Abbeys Way is a long-distance footpath in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a circular walkway and is 109 kilometres (68 mi) in length. [1] The theme of the footpath is the ruined Borders abbeys (established by David I of Scotland) along its way: Kelso Abbey, Jedburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey and Dryburgh Abbey. These abbeys ...
The Berwickshire Coastal Path is a walking route some 48 kilometres (30 mi) long. It follows the eastern coastline of Scotland from Cockburnspath in the Scottish Borders to Berwick upon Tweed, just over the border in England. [3] At Cockburnspath the path links with the Southern Upland Way and the John Muir Way. [3]
In 1590, Sir John was appointed Lord Chancellor of Scotland, and was ennobled as Lord Maitland of Thirlestane. This new house near Lauder was to replace the Maitland's original but now decaying (Old) Thirlestane Castle, a peel tower situated a mile or so to the south-east, the ruins of which are still extant near the hamlet of Thirlestane.
East High Street, Lauder Church (Church Of Scotland), Including Entrance Gates And Churchyard Wall 55°43′08″N 2°44′54″W / 55.718936°N 2.748244°W / 55.718936; -2.748244 ( East High Street, Lauder Church (Church Of Scotland), Including Entrance Gates And Churchyard