Butter Knowe

Butter Knowe is a locality in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Butter Knowe is situated nearby to the locality March Brae, as well as near Threepland Backshaw.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cow Castle and Boghall Castle.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an archaeological site.

Boghall Castle

Castle

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boghall Castle was a 14th-century castle to the south of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Boghall became ruinous in the 19th century. Boghall Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Butter Knowe.

Chapelgill Hill is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is frequently climbed from the north-west, taking in the range's, and South Lanarkshire's, highest summit, Culter Fell. Chapelgill Hill is situated 2 miles southeast of Butter Knowe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coulter and Kilbucho.

Coulter

Village

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coulter or Culter is a small village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles south of Biggar. Some old maps and local modern houses also have the spelling Cootyre - "a safe place for cows." Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell.

Kilbucho

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilbucho is a small settlement in the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in Peeblesshire and near Biggar and Broughton. Kilbucho is situated 2½ miles northeast of Butter Knowe.

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

Butter Knowe

Type: Locality
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.58416° or 55° 35′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.51282° or 3° 30′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C7RHFMP+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 335905788

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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