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.

Roxburgh Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roxburgh Viaduct is a bridge.

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″ north

Longitude

-2.48097° or 2° 28′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C7VHGC9+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1914715856

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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