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Melrose (Scottish Gaelic: Maolros, "bald moor") [2] is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. [3] It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council .
Newton St Boswells, Newtown Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Boundary Walls And Railings (Former United Presbyterian) 55°34′32″N 2°40′00″W / 55.575522°N 2.666798°W / 55.575522; -2.666798 ( Newton St Boswells, Newtown Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Boundary Walls And Railings (Former United ...
The areas protected by the national scenic area (NSA) designation are considered to represent the type of scenic beauty "popularly associated with Scotland and for which it is renowned". [9] The Eildon and Leaderfoot NSA covers 3877 ha, and extends to include the town of Melrose, Scott's View and Leaderfoot Viaduct. [10]
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St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation .
People educated at St Mary's School, Melrose (21 P) Pages in category "Melrose, Scottish Borders" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch c 1860s. The house was built in 1802 for the Royal Navy surgeon Thomas Mein. [6] [7] [8] Extensions were designed by the famous Scottish architect William Burn [6] for the fifth Duke of Buccleuch, who bought the house in 1838 [2] and wanted to use it as a base during the fox hunting season. [9]
Trimontium was a Roman fort complex [1] located at Newstead, near Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, in view of the three Eildon Hills which probably gave its name (Latin: trium montium, three hills). It was occupied intermittently from about 79 to 184 AD and was the largest of the "outpost" forts after the construction of Hadrian's Wall in the ...