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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
Map of Lauderdale from the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland (1654). Many ancient camps, and many tumuli, are found in Lauderdale. [1] The Roman road into Scotland, Dere Street, which means "the road into the country of the wild animals", crossed a ford at Newstead, near Melrose, where there had been a Roman fort and garrison, and entered Lauderdale.
Scottish Borders and Northern England: Melrose, Scottish Borders: Lindisfarne, Northumberland: Named after Cuthbert, a 7th-century saint, a native of the Borders who spent his life in the service of the church. [27] Southern Upland Way: 214 344: Southern Uplands: Portpatrick: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire: Coast-to-coast walk generally from west ...
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]
Before the 13th century, a large fort or castle was built on Castle Hill near the Leader Water. It was the site of the ancient church of Lauder, where in 1482, James III's favourites, including the architect Robert Cochrane, were dragged by envious nobles led by Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and hanged from the (earlier) Lauder Bridge.
Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic houses, hillforts, lighthouses, nature reserves, reservoirs, rivers, and other places of interest in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland
The former Royal Burgh of Lauder (/ ˈ l ɔː d ər /, Scottish Gaelic: Labhdar [3]) is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way , the burgh lies 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Edinburgh , on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills .
Spanning the counties of Selkirk, East Lothian, and Berwick, the Lammermuirs extend from the Gala Water to St Abb's Head, and offer a traditional site for sheep grazing. The hills are nowhere especially high, the highest points being Meikle Says Law at 535 m (1,755 ft) and the Lammer Law at 528 m (1,732 ft); but steep gradients, exposure to the elements, and a lack of natural passes combine to ...