Houks Plantation

Houks Plantation is a deciduous forest in , . Houks Plantation is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Smailholm Tower and Mellerstain House.

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is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles west of in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside.

Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Scottish country house around 8 miles north of in the , Scotland. It is currently the home of George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington, and is designated as a historical monument.

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, 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelso and Smailholm.

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is a small market town in the 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.

Village
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east . It is at grid reference NT648364 and straddles the B6397 to road.

Village
is a village off the A699, by the , near in the area of . It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of , the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village.

Houks Plantation

Latitude
55.6103° or 55° 36′ 37″ north
Longitude
-2.5313° or 2° 31′ 53″ west
Open location code
9C7VJF69+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 142661043
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Charterhouse Crossroads and Charterhouse.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Watson’s Plantation and Old Mainberry.

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