Gala Law

Gala Law is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Gala Law is situated near the hamlet Muserig, as well as near Wester Muirdean.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Floors Castle and Kelso Abbey.

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.

Kelso Abbey

Cemetery

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Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey of monks in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I.

Springwood House

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Springwood House is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelso and Stichill.

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.

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.

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.

Gala Law

Type: Peak
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6086° or 55° 36′ 31″ north

Longitude

-2.4763° or 2° 28′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C7VJG5F+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2019953999

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Galalaw and Muserig.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Old Well and King James II Holly (1460).

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