Queenscairn

Queenscairn is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Queenscairn is situated nearby to the hamlet Running Burn, as well as near Stichill Home Farm.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stichill Kirk and Hume Castle.

Stichill Kirk

Church

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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.

Hume Castle

Scenic viewpoint

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stichill and Hume.

Stichill

Village

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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.

Hume

Village

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Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies 7 miles from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Stichill, Lambden, Nenthorn, Ednam, Birgham and Gordon.

Ednam

Village

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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. Ednam is situated 2 miles southeast of Queenscairn.

Queenscairn

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

55.64626° or 55° 38′ 47″ north

Longitude

-2.45646° or 2° 27′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C7VJGWV+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1917349396

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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