Orchard Rig
Orchard Rig is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,463 feet. Orchard Rig is situated nearby to the hamlet Kirkhouse, as well as near Old Howford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cardrona Forest and Traquair House.
Cardrona Forest
Forest
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cardrona Forest is a forest in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on in Tweed Valley, near Peebles. A nearby forest is Glentress Forest. The forest contains 2,000 years of Scottish history, and is home to ruins.
Traquair House
Photo: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion.
Birkscairn Hill
Peak
Birkscairn Hill is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the lowest, and normally first, Donald in a round of hills known as the Dun Rig Horseshoe, south of Peebles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innerleithen and Cardrona.
Innerleithen
Town
Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Innerleithen is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Cardrona
Village
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn.
Traquair
Village
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.
Orchard Rig
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,463 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.6008° or 55° 36′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.115° or 3° 6′ 54″ westElevation
1,463 feet (446 metres)Open location code
9C7RJV2M+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 417861392OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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