Maiden Paps
The Maiden Paps are twin hills near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders of the south east of Scotland, so named because they have the shape of human breasts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,673 feet
- Description: hills near Hawick, in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Maiden Paps, Hawick”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitrope Siding and Whitrope Viaduct.
Whitrope Siding
Railway station
Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ninestane Rig and Hermitage.
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.
Hermitage
Hamlet
Hermitage is a village near Newcastleton, on the B6399, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 5 miles southeast of Maiden Paps.
Maiden Paps
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.31288° or 55° 18′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.78802° or 2° 47′ 17″ westElevation
1,673 feet (510 metres)Open location code
9C7V8676+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 3799117022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Maiden Paps” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Maiden Paps, Hawick”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مايدين پاپس”
- Japanese: “処女の両乳房 (ホーウィック)”
- Japanese: “処女の乳房”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maiden Paps”. Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.