Maisondieu

Maisondieu is a residential area in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Maisondieu is situated nearby to the garden Southfield, as well as near the deciduous forest Easter Clump.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Floors Castle and Springwood House.

Floors Castle

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Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. Floors Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Maisondieu.

Springwood House

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Springwood House is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile north of Maisondieu.

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 1¼ miles northeast of Maisondieu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelso and Roxburgh.

Kelso

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Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.

Roxburgh

Village

Roxburgh is a village off the A699, by the River Teviot, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of Roxburgh, the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village.