Meg’s Muir

Meg’s Muir is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Meg’s Muir is situated nearby to the hamlet East Morriston, as well as near Kirkhill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Legerwood Kirk and Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston.

Legerwood Kirk

Church

Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.

Legerwood Kirk is an ancient and historic Church of Scotland church in the former county of Berwickshire, Scotland. It is situated half a mile east of the hamlet of Legerwood and 6.5 miles south east of Lauder in the Scottish Borders, on an unclassified road east of the A68 highway at grid reference NT593433.

Earlston Parish Church, Church Street, Earlston

Church

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Greenknowe Tower

Castle

Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greenknowe Tower is a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders. Although a roofless ruin, the stonework of the tower is well preserved, and represents a fine example of a later tower house, built more as a residence rather than as a place of defence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Earlston and Birkenside.

Earlston

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Earlston is a historic market town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Berwickshire, the town lies on the River Leader in Lauderdale, and is approximately 29 miles south-southeast of Edinburgh, 63 miles east-southeast of Glasgow, and 58 miles south-southeast of Perth.

Birkenside

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birkenside is a village in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Gordon

Village

Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.

Gordon is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, within the historic county of Berwickshire. The village sits on the crossroads of the A6105 Earlston to Berwick on Tweed road and the A6089 Edinburgh to Kelso road.

Meg’s Muir

Type: Forest
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6717° or 55° 40′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.6417° or 2° 38′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C7VM9C5+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 207381340

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East Morriston and Kirkhill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Morriston Strip and Cottage Wood.

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