Coltcrooks
Coltcrooks is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Coltcrooks is situated nearby to the locality Hardies Mill, as well as near the hamlet Lightfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mellerstain House and Greenknowe Tower.
Mellerstain House
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mellerstain House is a Scottish country house around 8 miles north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington, and is designated as a historical monument.
Greenknowe Tower
Castle
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenknowe Tower is a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders. Although a roofless ruin, the stonework of the tower is well preserved, and represents a fine example of a later tower house, built more as a residence rather than as a place of defence. Greenknowe Tower is situated 1½ miles northwest of Coltcrooks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gordon and Smailholm.
Gordon
Village
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Gordon is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, within the historic county of Berwickshire. The village sits on the crossroads of the A6105 Earlston to Berwick on Tweed road and the A6089 Edinburgh to Kelso road. Gordon is situated 1½ miles north of Coltcrooks.
Smailholm
Village
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smailholm is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east Scotland. It is at grid reference NT648364 and straddles the B6397 Gordon to Kelso road. Smailholm is situated 2½ miles south of Coltcrooks.
Hume
Village
Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 miles east of Coltcrooks.
Coltcrooks
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.65896° or 55° 39′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.55012° or 2° 33′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C7VMC5X+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2013114266OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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