Fir Knowe

Fir Knowe is a building in Scotland, United Kingdom. Fir Knowe is situated nearby to Grieston Quarry, as well as near the peak Caerlee Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Traquair House and Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen.

Traquair House

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Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion. Traquair House is situated 1 mile southeast of Fir Knowe.

Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen

Museum

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Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen is a museum, which is situated 1 mile east of Fir Knowe.

Innerleithen Parish Church

Church

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Innerleithen Parish Church is situated 1 mile northeast of Fir Knowe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innerleithen and Traquair.

Innerleithen

Town

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Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

Traquair

Village

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Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.

Cardrona

Village

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Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn. Cardrona is situated 2 miles northwest of Fir Knowe.

Fir Knowe

Type: Building
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.61455° or 55° 36′ 52″ north

Longitude

-3.08431° or 3° 5′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C7RJW78+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 504867019

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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