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″ north

Longitude

-2.59132° or 2° 35′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C7VJC25+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 154881492

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Quarry (disused) and Butchercote Pond.

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