Liddesdale
Liddesdale is a district in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland. It includes the area of the valley of the Liddel Water that extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of 21 miles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 640 feet
- Description: valley and traditional district in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Liddisdale” and “Niddisdale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Liddel Castle.
Liddel Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Liddel Castle is a ruined castle in Liddesdale, by the Liddel Water, near Castleton in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Roxburghshire. Liddel Castle is a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newcastleton and Hermitage.
Newcastleton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newcastleton, also called Copshaw Holm, is a village in Liddesdale, the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the border with England, on the Liddel Water. Newcastleton is situated 3 miles southwest of Liddesdale.
Hermitage
Hamlet
Hermitage is a village near Newcastleton, on the B6399, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Hermitage is situated 4 miles north of Liddesdale.
Ninestane Rig
Locality
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Ninestane Rig is situated 4½ miles north of Liddesdale.
Liddesdale
- Categories: traditional district of Scotland and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Liddesdale” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лидисдале”
- Cebuano: “Liddisdale”
- Chinese: “利茲代爾”
- Dutch: “Liddesdale”
- French: “Liddeldale”
- French: “Liddesdale”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Liddesdale”
- Swedish: “Liddisdale”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Stell Knowe and Larriston Fells.
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