Tarth Water
The Tarth Water is a river in Peebleshire, in the Scottish Borders. It forms part of the River Tweed system. The river with a total length of 7.1 miles, rises on Mendick Hill, a Marilyn, and flows past the villages of Dolphinton and Blyth Bridge before converging at Drochil Castle with the Lyne Water, a tributary of the Tweed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Drochil Castle and Lyne Kirk.
Drochil Castle
Ruins
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Drochil Castle is a ruined castle in the Scottish Borders. It is located above the Lyne Water, 10 kilometres north-west of Peebles, and 8 kilometres south of West Linton.
Lyne Kirk
Church
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Lyne Kirk is an ancient and historic kirk or church, of the Church of Scotland. It is situated on top of a mound adjacent to the A72 trunk route 4.5 miles west of Peebles in the ancient county of Peeblesshire, now in the Scottish Borders area, and governed by the Scottish Borders Council. Lyne Kirk is situated 1½ miles southeast of Tarth Water.
Castle Craig Hospital
Hospital
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Castle Craig is a private residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. It is located in Peeblesshire, Scotland. Castle Craig is an 18th-century country house set in 50 acres of private parkland near the village of Blyth Bridge, around 20 miles south of Edinburgh. Castle Craig Hospital is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tarth Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyne and Bordlands.
Lyne
Locality
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Lyne is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about 4 square miles. Lyne is situated 2 miles east of Tarth Water.
Bordlands
Hamlet
Bordlands is a village in the Parish of Newlands in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In is recorded on Pont's maps as Boirland. Bordlands Hill, to the south of the village, is the site of a prehistoric hillfort which is designated as a scheduled monument. Bordlands is situated 3 miles north of Tarth Water.
Blyth Bridge
Village
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Blyth Bridge is a small hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near to West Linton. It is located in a bend on the A701 which goes from Moffat to Edinburgh, close to the junction with the East-West road the A72 which goes to Peebles. Blyth Bridge is situated 3 miles northwest of Tarth Water.
Tarth Water
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of Lyne Water
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tarth Water” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tarth Water”
- Swedish: “Tarth Water”
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