Threepland Backshaw
Threepland Backshaw is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Threepland Backshaw is situated nearby to the locality Butter Knowe, as well as near the hamlet Culter Shaw.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 2 miles north of Threepland Backshaw.
Biggar Gasworks Museum
Museum
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggar Gasworks Museum is situated 2 miles north of Threepland Backshaw.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coulter and Biggar.
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.
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.
Kilbucho
Hamlet
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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 east of Threepland Backshaw.
Threepland Backshaw
- Type: Locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.59146° or 55° 35′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.51714° or 3° 31′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C7RHFRM+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 682239334OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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