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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Traquair House and Birkscairn Hill.

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.

Kailzie Gardens

Garden

Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kailzie Gardens is a walled garden near Kirkburn in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Tweed valley, 2.5 miles east of Peebles, off the B7062.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innerleithen and Cardrona.

Innerleithen

Town

Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

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″ north

Longitude

-3.115° or 3° 6′ 54″ west

Elevation

1,463 feet (446 metres)

Open location code

9C7RJV2M+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 417861392

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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