Kelso ROC Post

Kelso ROC Post is a bunker in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Kelso ROC Post is situated nearby to the peak Ednam Hill, as well as near the pitch The Dubby.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kelso Abbey and Kelso Town Hall.

Kelso Abbey

Cemetery

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Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey of monks in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I. Kelso Abbey is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kelso ROC Post.

Kelso Town Hall

Tourism office

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Kelso Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Kelso, Scotland. The building, which was the headquarters of Kelso Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building. Kelso Town Hall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kelso ROC Post.

Kelso Library

Library

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Kelso Library is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kelso ROC Post.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ednam and Sprouston.

Ednam

Village

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Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Floors Castle is nearby. The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water.

Sprouston

Village

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Sprouston is a village, parish and former feudal barony in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, as well as the historic county of Roxburghshire, located 2 miles north-east of Kelso. Sprouston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kelso ROC Post.

Stichill

Village

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Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream. Stichill is situated 2 miles west of Kelso ROC Post.

Kelso ROC Post

Type: Bunker
Also known as: “Kelso Royal Observer Corps Post”
Categories: ruins, historic site, and military installation
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6293° or 55° 37′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.40843° or 2° 24′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C7VJHHR+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137867546

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Highlights include Ednam Hill and The Dubby.

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