Friar’s Nose

Friar’s Nose is an archaeological site in Scotland, United Kingdom. Friar’s Nose is situated nearby to the river Whiteadder Water, as well as near the peak Cranshaws.

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Kilmade Burn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whiteadder Reservoir and Gamelshiel Castle.

Whiteadder Reservoir

Reservoir

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Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald.

Gamelshiel Castle

Ruins

Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald. Gamelshiel Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Friar’s Nose.

Cranshaws Parish Church

Church

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Cranshaws Parish Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Friar’s Nose.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cranshaws and Longformacus.

Cranshaws

Hamlet

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cranshaws is a village on the B6355 road, near Duns, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire. Of Cranshaws Castle only the tower remains, at Cranshaws Farm on Cranshaws Hill. Cranshaws is situated 2 miles southeast of Friar’s Nose.

Longformacus

Village

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Longformacus is a small village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is around 10 kilometres north-west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. Longformacus is situated 4 miles southeast of Friar’s Nose.

Abbey St Bathans

Village

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Abbey St Bathans is a parish in the Lammermuir district of Berwickshire, in the eastern part of the Scottish Borders. Unique in its topography, it is situated in a long winding steep wooded valley that follows the Whiteadder Water. Abbey St Bathans is situated 6 miles east of Friar’s Nose.

Friar’s Nose

Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.86017° or 55° 51′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.53751° or 2° 32′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C7VVF66+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 253120304

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q31097043

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