Fastheugh Hill

Fastheugh Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,647 feet. Fastheugh Hill is situated nearby to the locality Old Tinnis, as well as near the village Yarrowford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newark Castle and Bowhill House.

Newark Castle

Ruins

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newark Tower is a large, ruined tower house standing in the grounds of Bowhill House, in the valley of the Yarrow Water three miles west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.

Bowhill House

Building

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bowhill House is a historic house near Bowhill at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association, and is one of the homes of the Duke of Buccleuch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ettrickbridge and Selkirk.

Ettrickbridge

Village

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ettrickbridge is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 7 miles from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick Valley as far as Tushielaw.

Selkirk

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Selkirk is a market town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 4540. Its main trade of textiles has gone, and it's becoming a commuter town for Edinburgh, linked by the re-opened railway through nearby Galashiels.

Ashiestiel

Locality

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashiestiel is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Parish of Caddonfoot, on the south side of the River Tweed, 4m east of Innerleithen. Ashiestiel is situated 5 miles northeast of Fastheugh Hill.

Fastheugh Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,647 feet
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.53942° or 55° 32′ 22″ north

Longitude

-2.96303° or 2° 57′ 47″ west

Elevation

1,647 feet (502 metres)

Open location code

9C7VG2QP+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3684284334

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12608385

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Localities in the Area

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