Ship Rock
Ship Rock is an islet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Ship Rock is situated nearby to the islet Craig Robin, as well as near Long Carr.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Abbs Church, St Abbs and St Abb’s Head.
St Abbs Church, St Abbs
Church
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Abbs Church, St Abbs is situated 1,100 feet south of Ship Rock.
St Abb’s Head
Nature reserve
Photo: Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Abb's Head is a rocky promontory by the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire, Scotland, and a national nature reserve administered by the National Trust for Scotland. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and began service on 24 February 1862.
Women and Bairns, St Abbs
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Women and Bairns, St Abbs is a memorial, which is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Ship Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Abbs and Coldingham.
St Abbs
Village
St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s.
Coldingham
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coldingham is a village and parish in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It lies a short distance inland from Coldingham Bay, three miles northeast of the fishing village of Eyemouth.
Eyemouth
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eyemouth is a harbour town in the Scottish Borders. With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.
Ship Rock
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.90246° or 55° 54′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.13453° or 2° 8′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7VWV28+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1535037799OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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