Ninestane Rig
Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age.Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: stone circle in Castleton, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Nine Stone Ridge” and “Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hermitage Castle and Whitrope Siding.
Hermitage Castle
Castle
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in Roxburghshire.
Whitrope Siding
Railway station
Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route. Whitrope Siding is situated 2 miles north of Ninestane Rig.
Whitrope Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitrope Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 1½ miles north of Ninestane Rig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hermitage and Saughtree.
Hermitage
Hamlet
Hermitage is a village near Newcastleton, on the B6399, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 3 miles east of Ninestane Rig.
Deadwater
Locality
Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England. Deadwater is situated 5 miles east of Ninestane Rig.
Ninestane Rig
- Categories: stone circle, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.26752° or 55° 16′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.76086° or 2° 45′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C7V769Q+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 784680582OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q16258034
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In Other Languages
“Ninestane Rig” goes by many names.
- German: “Ninestane Rig”
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