Harlaw Wood

Harlaw Wood is a deciduous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Harlaw Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Kersmains, as well as near Roxburgh Barns.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Floors Castle and Kelso Abbey.

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.

Kelso Abbey

Cemetery

Photo: Scotfocus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey 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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelso and Roxburgh.

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.