Buckholm Tower

Buckholm Tower is a ruins in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Buckholm Tower is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Kilnknowe Park Caravan Site, as well as near the peak Buckholm Hill.

Photo: Double Happiness, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Galashiels railway station and Torwoodlee Broch.

Galashiels railway station

Railway station

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Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 33 miles 22 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Galashiels railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Buckholm Tower.

Torwoodlee Broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torwoodlee Broch is the remains of an iron-age broch located near the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Torwoodlee Broch is situated 1¼ miles west of Buckholm Tower.

Buckholm

Farm

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buckholm is a farm near to the A7, in the Scottish Borders, Galashiels area of Scotland. Places nearby include Abbotsford, the Bow Castle Broch, Clovenfords, Darnick, Eildon, the Gala Water, the Lugate Water, and Stow. Buckholm is situated 2,500 feet north of Buckholm Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galashiels and Clovenfords.

Galashiels

Photo: John Brewer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Galashiels is a town in the Scottish Borders, 33 miles south of Edinburgh. It's a former mill town which is now part of commuterland for the city, and in 2016 had a population of about 12,600.

Clovenfords

Village

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Clovenfords is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 1 mile north of the hamlet of Caddonfoot and 4 miles west of the town Galashiels. The village sits on undulating grasslands and surrounding rolling hills. Clovenfords is situated 2½ miles southwest of Buckholm Tower.

Caddonfoot

Village

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Caddonfoot is a village on the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A707, near Galashiels. The village is at the mouth of the Caddon Water Other places nearby include Boleside, Broadmeadows, Scottish Borders, Buckholm, Clovenfords, Darnick, Gattonside, Innerleithen, Lindean, Melrose, Selkirk, Stow, Traquair, Tweedbank, Yarrow. Caddonfoot is situated 3 miles southwest of Buckholm Tower.

Buckholm Tower

Type: Ruins
Description: architectural structure in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Categories: tower house, building, and historic site
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.63193° or 55° 37′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.82302° or 2° 49′ 23″ west

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 1019677017

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q17568209

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kilnknowe Park Caravan Site and Buckholm Hill.

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