Over Roxburgh
Over Roxburgh is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Over Roxburgh is situated nearby to the hamlet Roxburgh Mill, as well as near Kersmains.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wallace’s Tower and Roxburgh Viaduct.
Wallace’s Tower
Archaeological site
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wallace's Tower is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house, about 3 miles south west Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, in Roxburgh, west of the River Teviot.
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. Floors Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Over Roxburgh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxburgh and Kalemouth.
Roxburgh
Village
Roxburgh is a village off the A699, by the River Teviot, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of Roxburgh, the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village.
Kalemouth
Locality
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kalemouth is a place in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, where the Kale Water joins the River Teviot, near to Eckford, Cessford, Crailing, Kelso, and Roxburgh. Kalemouth is situated 2½ miles south of Over Roxburgh.
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.
Over Roxburgh
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.57188° or 55° 34′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.48097° or 2° 28′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C7VHGC9+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1914715856OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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