Dun Knees

Dun Knees is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Dun Knees is situated nearby to the locality Crooked Bank, as well as near Kingbank Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapelgill Hill and Culter Fell.

Chapelgill Hill

Peak

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.

Culter Fell

Peak

Photo: Viewfinder, Public domain.

Culter Fell is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the county top of the historic county of Lanarkshire, as well as the highest point in South Lanarkshire council area.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Dun Knees.

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. Coulter is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dun Knees.

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 3 miles northeast of Dun Knees.

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.

Dun Knees

Type: Locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.5631° or 55° 33′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.49789° or 3° 29′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C7RHG72+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 339862295

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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