Woodhouselees

Places of Interest Nearby

Castra Exploratorum

Archaeological site

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castra Exploratorum was a Roman fort and associated substantial civil settlement now in the grounds of Netherby Hall, Cumbria. It was first built by Agricola during his conquest of the north in around 80 AD. Castra Exploratorum is situated 2 miles south of Woodhouselees.

Gilnockie Tower

Castle

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Gilnockie Tower is a 17th-century tower house, located at the hamlet of Hollows, 2.2 km north of Canonbie, in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. The tower is situated on the west bank of the River Esk. Gilnockie Tower is situated 2½ miles north of Woodhouselees.

Netherby Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Netherby Hall is a manor estate, which is situated 2 miles south of Woodhouselees.

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Canonbie

Village

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Canonbie is a small village in Dumfriesshire within the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 6 miles south of Langholm and 2 miles north of the Anglo-Scottish border.

Rowanburn

Village

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Rowanburn is a hamlet in Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located near Canonbie, it sits around 5 miles south-east of Langholm and about a mile from the Anglo-Scottish border. Rowanburn is situated 1½ miles northeast of Woodhouselees.

Longtown

Town

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Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis. Longtown is situated 4 miles south of Woodhouselees.

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