Minch Moor

Minch Moor is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,860 feet. Minch Moor is situated nearby to the locality Archman’s Bog, as well as near Kite Wood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Traquair House.

Traquair House

Photo: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Traquair and Walkerburn.

Traquair

Village

Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.

Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.

Walkerburn

Village

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Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles from Peebles and 10 miles from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family.

Innerleithen

Town

Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

Minch Moor

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,860 feet
Description: mountain in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.58689° or 55° 35′ 13″ north

Longitude

-3.01901° or 3° 1′ 8″ west

Elevation

1,860 feet (567 metres)

Open location code

9C7RHXPJ+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2996525689

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

2642451

Wikidata ID

Q24639566

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Satellite Map

Discover Minch Moor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Minch Moor” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Minch Moor”
Dutch: “Minch Moor”
Swedish: “Minch Moor”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Minchmoor Rig and Archman’s Bog.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hare Law and Taniel Hill.

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