Shawmount
Shawmount is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Shawmount is situated nearby to the hamlet Greenhead, as well as near Bridgelands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Halls and Halliwells House Museum.
Sir Walter Scottʼs Courtroom
Museum
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sir Walter Scottʼs Courtroom is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindean and Selkirk.
Lindean
Village
Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, nearer to their houses, and a coble boat was to be provided to ferry the dead over the Tweed if required.
Selkirk
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selkirk is a market town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 4540. Its main trade of textiles has gone, and it's becoming a commuter town for Edinburgh, linked by the re-opened railway through nearby Galashiels.
Boleside
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boleside is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7060, south of Galashiels. It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed. Boleside is situated 2½ miles north of Shawmount.
Shawmount
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.55828° or 55° 33′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.81074° or 2° 48′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C7VH55Q+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 2546374146OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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