Swinside Townhead

Swinside Townhead is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Swinside Townhead is situated nearby to the locality Swineside Mill, as well as near the hamlet Swinside Townfoot.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pennymuir Roman camps and Oxnam Parish Church.

Pennymuir Roman camps

Archaeological site

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Pennymuir Roman camps are situated southeast of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border, in the former Roxburghshire. Pennymuir Roman camps is situated 2½ miles southeast of Swinside Townhead.

Oxnam Parish Church

Church

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oxnam Parish Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Swinside Townhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxnam and Hownam.

Oxnam

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oxnam is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential village. The placename Oxnam is from Old English oxa "oxen" and ham "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred". Oxnam is situated 2 miles northwest of Swinside Townhead.

Hownam

Village

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hownam or Hounam is a small village and parish situated 8 miles east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border, within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire. Hownam is situated 3½ miles northeast of Swinside Townhead.

Swinside Townhead

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.43923° or 55° 26′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.43458° or 2° 26′ 5″ west

Elevation

610 feet (186 metres)

Open location code

9C7VCHQ8+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1989720168

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13277351

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