Laird’s Hill
Laird’s Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Laird’s Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Stichill Stables, as well as near Sweethope.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hume Castle and Stichill Kirk.
Hume Castle
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
Stichill Kirk
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill Kirk is an ancient church situated in the village of Stichill in the old county of Roxburghshire, now part of the Scottish Borders Council in Scotland.
Floors Castle
Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.
Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Stichill.
Kelso
Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.
Stichill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream.
Ednam
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Floors Castle is nearby. The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water.
Laird’s Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.6437° or 55° 38′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.4807° or 2° 28′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C7VJGV9+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1536535517OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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