Easter Howlands

Easter Howlands is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Easter Howlands is situated near the hamlet Wester Howlaws, as well as near Gordonbank.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hume Castle and Greenlaw Parish Church.

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. Hume Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Easter Howlands.

Greenlaw Parish Church

Church

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Greenlaw Parish Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Easter Howlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hume and Greenlaw.

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. Hume is situated 1½ miles southwest of Easter Howlands.

Greenlaw

Village

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Greenlaw is a town and civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 661. Greenlaw is situated 2 miles northwest of Easter Howlands.

Eccles

Village

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eccles is a village and agricultural parish near Kelso in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The village is conjoined with Birgham and Leitholm. Eccles is situated 2½ miles east of Easter Howlands.

Easter Howlands

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

55.67875° or 55° 40′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.43474° or 2° 26′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C7VMHH8+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2008731080

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Wester Howlaws and Gordonbank.

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Highlights: Site of Chapel and Hardacres Hill.

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