Birks Plantation
Birks Plantation is a forest in East Lothian, Scotland. Birks Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Clint, as well as near the hamlet Whittingehame.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stoneypath Tower and Nunraw Abbey.
Stoneypath Tower
Castle
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoneypath Tower, is an L-plan tower house dating from the late sixteenth century, about 3.5 miles south of East Linton, and east of the Whittinghame Water in East Lothian, Scotland.
Nunraw Abbey
Monastery
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Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Scottish Reformation.
Traprain Law
Peak
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Traprain Law is a hill 6 km east of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. It is the site of a hill fort or possibly oppidum, which covered at its maximum extent about 16 ha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittingehame and Stenton.
Whittingehame
Hamlet
Photo: Liz ‘n’ Jim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whittingehame is a parish with a small village in East Lothian, Scotland, about halfway between Haddington and Dunbar, and near East Linton. The area is on the slopes of the Lammermuir Hills.
Stenton
Village
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Stenton is a parish and village in East Lothian, Scotland. It is bounded on the north by parts of the parishes of Prestonkirk and Dunbar, on the east by Spott and on the west by Whittingehame.
East Linton
Village
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Linton is a village and former police burgh in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the River Tyne and A199 road five miles east of Haddington, with an estimated population of 1,790 in 2020.
Birks Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9381° or 55° 56′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.6355° or 2° 38′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C7VW9Q7+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 374391377OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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