Holywell Rig
Holywell Rig is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Holywell Rig is situated nearby to the locality Priesthaugh Hill, as well as near Westertown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cauldcleuch Head.
Cauldcleuch Head
Peak
Cauldcleuch Head is a hill in an unnamed range of Roxburghshire hills north of Langholm, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The highest hill in this range, it has an isolation of approximately 26 km. Cauldcleuch Head is situated 2 miles south of Holywell Rig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teviothead and Newmill-on-Teviot.
Teviothead
Village
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Teviothead is a small village and civil parish in Teviotdale in the Scottish Borders, known locally as Teviotheid. It is located south of the River Teviot. Teviothead is situated 3½ miles west of Holywell Rig.
Newmill-on-Teviot
Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newmill-on-Teviot, commonly called Newmill, is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders, 7 kilometres south of Hawick on the River Teviot. The remains of Allanmouth Tower, a 16th-century tower house, lie to the south-east of the settlement. Newmill-on-Teviot is situated 4½ miles north of Holywell Rig.
Ninestane Rig
Locality
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Ninestane Rig is situated 5 miles southeast of Holywell Rig.
Holywell Rig
- Type: Locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.32246° or 55° 19′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.85203° or 2° 51′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C7V84CX+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 9280687298OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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