Birneyknowe, Settlement
Birneyknowe, Settlement is an archaeological site in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Birneyknowe, Settlement is situated nearby to the peak Kirkton Hill, as well as near Hoggfield Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkton Church and Henlawshiel Obelisk.
Kirkton Church
Church
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkton Church is situated 1¼ miles north of Birneyknowe, Settlement.
Henlawshiel Obelisk
Memorial
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Henlawshiel Obelisk is a memorial, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Birneyknowe, Settlement.
Cavers Castle
Ruins
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cavers Castle, also known as Cavers House, is a ruined tower house located at Cavers, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Cavers Castle was a much extended tower house of the Douglas family dating back to the 15th or 16th century, and built upon the site of an earlier stronghold of the Balliols. Cavers Castle is situated 2 miles north of Birneyknowe, Settlement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkton and Bonchester Bridge.
Kirkton
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkton is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, off the A6088, near Hawick. Grid Ref. NT5413. It is a former parish, amalgamated into the parish of Cavers in 1895.
Bonchester Bridge
Village
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bonchester Bridge is a village in Roxburghshire, within the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, lying on the Rule Water, six miles away from the market town of Hawick. Bonchester Bridge is situated 2½ miles east of Birneyknowe, Settlement.
Hobkirk
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hobkirk is a village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Rule Water, south-west of Jedburgh and south-east of Hawick. Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bonchester Bridge, Camptown, Hallrule, Bedrule, Southdean, Denholm, Rubers Law, and the Wauchope Forest. Hobkirk is situated 2½ miles east of Birneyknowe, Settlement.
Birneyknowe, Settlement
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.40174° or 55° 24′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.71687° or 2° 43′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7VC72M+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1476562993OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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