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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Lauder is a market town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Historically part of the historic county of Berwickshire, on the Southern Upland Way, the town lies near the Leader Water, and is approximately 53 miles southeast of Perth, 78 miles east-southeast of Glasgow, and 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, 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″ north

Longitude

-2.73644° or 2° 44′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C7VQ737+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2172634271

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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