Priesthaugh Hill
Priesthaugh Hill is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Priesthaugh Hill is situated nearby to the locality Dog Rig, as well as near Holywell Rig.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cauldcleuch Head and Maiden Paps.
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.
Maiden Paps
Peak
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Maiden Paps are twin hills near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders of the south east of Scotland, so named because they have the shape of human breasts. Maiden Paps is situated 2½ miles east of Priesthaugh Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teviothead and Ninestane Rig.
Teviothead
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 4 miles northwest of Priesthaugh Hill.
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 4½ miles southeast of Priesthaugh Hill.
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 5 miles north of Priesthaugh Hill.
Priesthaugh Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.31458° or 55° 18′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.8461° or 2° 50′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C7V8573+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 9280745368OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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