Duns

Duns is a historic market town in the , Scotland. Historically the county town of the historic county of , it acts as a local commercial and service centre for the surrounding rural and agricultural area.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 2,750 residents
  • Description: town in Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Duns, Scottish Borders” and “Dunse”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jim Clark Motorsport Museum and Duns Library.

Museum
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Library
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Castle
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, Duns, is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a Category A listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gavinton and Blackadder House.

Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement in the area of , 2 kilometres south-west of Duns, the former county town of . The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns to Greenlaw road at grid reference NT767521.

Locality
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was an estate and stately house near the village of , in , Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle. is situated 4½ miles east of Duns.

Village
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is a small village in the region of . Historically part of , for many years it was part of the estate of , which was demolished around 1925. is situated 5 miles east of Duns.

Duns

Latitude
55.77784° or 55° 46′ 40″ north
Longitude
-2.34385° or 2° 20′ 38″ west
Population
2,750
Elevation
440 feet (134 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DUS
Open location code
9C7VQMH4+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 356420273
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650673
Wiki­data ID
Q425611
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Duns” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դունս”
  • Asturian: “Duns”
  • Basque: “Duns”
  • Belarusian: “Дунс”
  • Breton: “Duns”
  • Bulgarian: “Дунс”
  • Catalan: “Duns”
  • Cebuano: “Duns”
  • Chinese: “登斯”
  • Chinese: “邓斯”
  • Dutch: “Duns”
  • Esperanto: “Duns”
  • French: “Duns”
  • German: “Duns”
  • German: “Dunse”
  • Hebrew: “דנס”
  • Irish: “An Dùn, Bearaig”
  • Irish: “An Dún”
  • Irish: “An Dùn”
  • Irish: “Na Dùintean”
  • Italian: “Duns”
  • Japanese: “ダンス”
  • Japanese: “ダンズ”
  • Korean: “던스”
  • Latvian: “Dansa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Duns”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Duns”
  • Norwegian: “Duns”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Duns”
  • Persian: “دانز”
  • Polish: “Duns”
  • Russian: “Дунс”
  • Scots: “Duns”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na Dùintean”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Duns”
  • Silesian: “Duns”
  • Slovenian: “Duns”
  • Spanish: “Duns”
  • Swedish: “Duns”
  • Welsh: “Duns”
  • “Duns”

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