Horsecastle Rocks

Horsecastle Rocks is in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Horsecastle Rocks is situated near the islet Girdle, as well as near Big Black Carrs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Abb’s Head and St Abb’s Head Lighthouse.

St Abb’s Head

Nature reserve

Photo: Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Abb's Head is a rocky promontory by the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire, Scotland, and a national nature reserve administered by the National Trust for Scotland. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and began service on 24 February 1862.

St Abb’s Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Abb's Head Lighthouse stands on the cliffs at the rocky promontory of St Abb's Head, near the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire. A signal station was established on the cliffs before 1820 and the facilities were shared by Trinity House and Her Majesty's Coastguard. St Abb’s Head Lighthouse is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Horsecastle Rocks.

Mire Loch

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mire Loch is a man made freshwater loch situated on St Abb's Head in the Scottish Borders, just over a kilometre NW of the village of St. Abbs at grid reference NT912687. Mire Loch is situated 2,500 feet west of Horsecastle Rocks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Abbs and Coldingham.

St Abbs

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s.

Coldingham

Village

Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coldingham is a village and parish in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It lies a short distance inland from Coldingham Bay, three miles northeast of the fishing village of Eyemouth. Coldingham is situated 2 miles southwest of Horsecastle Rocks.

Eyemouth

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eyemouth is a harbour town in the Scottish Borders. With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.

Horsecastle Rocks

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.90962° or 55° 54′ 35″ north

Longitude

-2.13069° or 2° 7′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C7VWV59+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 445521355

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bare_rock

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Girdle and Big Black Carrs.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Peck O‘ Meal and Babrick.

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