Hillend
Hillend is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,348 feet. Hillend is situated nearby to the locality Windy Slack, as well as near Shanksendhield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Maiden Paps and Whitrope Siding.
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.
Whitrope Siding
Railway station
Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ninestane Rig and Wauchope.
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.
Wauchope
Hamlet
Wauchope is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland, near Southdean. Wauchope House was demolished in 1932. Wauchope is situated 4½ miles northeast of Hillend.
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 southeast of Hillend.
Hillend
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,348 feet
- Also known as: “Shankend Hill”
- Category: landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.32663° or 55° 19′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.75725° or 2° 45′ 26″ westElevation
1,348 feet (411 metres)Open location code
9C7V86GV+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9287735242OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12610067
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