Shiel Knowe
Shiel Knowe is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Shiel Knowe is situated nearby to the locality The Kipp, as well as near Tongue Rig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hermitage Castle and Cauldcleuch Head.
Hermitage Castle
Castle
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in Roxburghshire. Hermitage Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Shiel Knowe.
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 northwest of Shiel Knowe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hermitage and Ninestane Rig.
Hermitage
Hamlet
Hermitage is a village near Newcastleton, on the B6399, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Hermitage is situated 2 miles southeast of Shiel Knowe.
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 2½ miles east of Shiel Knowe.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 5 miles east of Shiel Knowe.
Shiel Knowe
- Type: Locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.27639° or 55° 16′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.81704° or 2° 49′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7V75GM+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 9285469211OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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