Gala Law

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include 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 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

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