Burncastle
Burncastle is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Burncastle is situated nearby to the hamlet Newbigging, as well as near Lylestone.Places of Interest
Highlights include Thirlestane Castle and Black Bull Hotel, 9 Market Place, Lauder.
Thirlestane Castle
Museum
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thirlestane Castle is a castle set in extensive parklands near Lauder in the Borders of Scotland. The site is aptly named Castle Hill, as it stands upon raised ground. Thirlestane Castle is situated 2 miles south of Burncastle.
Black Bull Hotel, 9 Market Place, Lauder
Hotel
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Black Bull Hotel, 9 Market Place, Lauder is situated 2½ miles south of Burncastle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Addinston and Lauder.
Addinston
Hamlet
Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts and settlements, in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire. Addinston is situated 1½ miles northwest of Burncastle.
Lauder
Village
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The former Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way, the burgh lies 27 miles southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills. Lauder is situated 2½ miles south of Burncastle.
Oxton
Village
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Oxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, just off the A68. It is 4+1⁄2 miles north of Lauder, and 20 mi southeast of the centre of Edinburgh, yet in a quiet rural position. Oxton is situated 3 miles northwest of Burncastle.
Burncastle
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.75255° or 55° 45′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.73644° or 2° 44′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C7VQ737+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 2172634271OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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