Stobs Castle (Site of)

Stobs Castle (Site of) is an archaeological site in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Stobs Castle (Site of) is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Dovecot Knowe, as well as near the forest Stobs Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stobs railway station.

Stobs railway station

Dwelling

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stobs railway station served the hamlet of Barnes, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1862 to 1969 on the Border Union Railway. Stobs railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Stobs Castle (Site of).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newmill-on-Teviot and Hawick.

Newmill-on-Teviot

Hamlet

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newmill-on-Teviot, commonly called Newmill, is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders, 7 kilometres south of Hawick on the River Teviot. The remains of Allanmouth Tower, a 16th-century tower house, lie to the south-east of the settlement. Newmill-on-Teviot is situated 4 miles west of Stobs Castle (Site of).

Hawick

Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders, midway along the historic route from Carlisle to Edinburgh, with a population of 10,630 in 2020. The main reason to come is to explore the hills and forests above the town.

Kirkton

Village

Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirkton is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, off the A6088, near Hawick. Grid Ref. NT5413. It is a former parish, amalgamated into the parish of Cavers in 1895. Kirkton is situated 4 miles northeast of Stobs Castle (Site of).

Stobs Castle (Site of)

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.36764° or 55° 22′ 4″ north

Longitude

-2.77425° or 2° 46′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C7V969G+38

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2605504443

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dovecot Knowe and Stobs Wood.

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