Butchercote Crags
Butchercote Crags is a heath in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Butchercote Crags is situated nearby to Quarry (disused), as well as near Butchercote Pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Smailholm Tower and Brotherstone Hill.
Smailholm Tower
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside. Smailholm Tower is situated 3,200 feet east of Butchercote Crags.
Brotherstone Hill
Peak
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brotherstone Hill is a hill near St. Boswells and the Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, with two standing stones from the megalithic age, on the summit of Brotherstone Hill, at a height of 418 metres.
Mertoun House
Photo: John Vigar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mertoun House is a country house situated by the River Tweed, 2 miles east of St Boswells in the Scottish Borders. It is home to the Duke of Sutherland. Mertoun House is situated 2 miles south of Butchercote Crags.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clintmains and Smailholm.
Clintmains
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clintmains is a village by the River Tweed in the parish of Mertoun. It is to the east of Newtown St Boswells, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland within the former county of Berwickshire. Clintmains is situated 1½ miles southwest of Butchercote Crags.
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. Smailholm is situated 1½ miles northeast of Butchercote Crags.
Butchercote Crags
- Type: Heath
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.60246° or 55° 36′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.59132° or 2° 35′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C7VJC25+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 154881492OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quarry (disused) and Butchercote Pond.
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