Lurgie Plantation
Lurgie Plantation is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Lurgie Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Sweethope, as well as near Whitehill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hume Castle and Mellerstain House.
Hume Castle
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
Mellerstain House
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mellerstain House is a Scottish country house around 8 miles north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington, and is designated as a historical monument.
Stichill Kirk
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill Kirk is an ancient church situated in the village of Stichill in the old county of Roxburghshire, now part of the Scottish Borders Council in Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stichill and Hume.
Stichill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream.
Hume
Village
Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies 7 miles from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Stichill, Lambden, Nenthorn, Ednam, Birgham and Gordon.
Smailholm
Village
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smailholm is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east Scotland. It is at grid reference NT648364 and straddles the B6397 Gordon to Kelso road.
Lurgie Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.6462° or 55° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.5058° or 2° 30′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C7VJFWV+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 148690849OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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