Kersmains

Kersmains is a farm in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Kersmains is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Harlaw Wood, as well as near Heitonmill Bank.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wallace’s Tower and Floors Castle.

Wallace’s Tower

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wallace's Tower is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house, about 3 miles south west Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, in Roxburgh, west of the River Teviot. Wallace’s Tower is situated 1 mile south of Kersmains.

Floors Castle

Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.

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 2 miles north of Kersmains.

Roxburgh Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roxburgh Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 1 mile south of Kersmains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxburgh and Kelso.

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.

Kelso

Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.