Moss Plantation
Moss Plantation is a deciduous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Moss Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Fendyhall Moss, as well as near the hamlet Ferniehirst Mill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ferniehirst Castle and Capon Tree.
Ferniehirst Castle
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ferniehirst Castle is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Roxburghshire.
Capon Tree
Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Capon Oak Tree is one of the last surviving trees of the ancient Scottish Jedforest. It is close to the A68 and Jed Water, a small river which has cut a course below soft sandstone cliffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jedburgh and Oxnam.
Jedburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jedburgh is a town in the Scottish Borders, ten miles north of the border with England. It's best known for its ruined abbey, while the countryside around is dotted with turrets and towerhouses from the medieval days of banditry.
Oxnam
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxnam is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential village. The placename Oxnam is from Old English oxa "oxen" and ham "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred".
Moss Plantation
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.4425° or 55° 26′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.5242° or 2° 31′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C7VCFVG+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 131770625OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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