Birneyknowe, Settlement

Birneyknowe, Settlement is an archaeological site in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Birneyknowe, Settlement is situated near the peak Kirkton Hill, as well as near the forest Kirkton Pond Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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″ north

Longitude

-2.71687° or 2° 43′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C7VC72M+M7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1476562993

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kirkton Hill and Kirkton Pond Plantation.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Road Junction and Hawthornside.

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