Spectacle Strip
Spectacle Strip is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Spectacle Strip is situated nearby to the hamlet Glenormiston, as well as near the village Cardrona.Places of Interest
Highlights include Traquair House and Horsburgh Castle.
Traquair House
Photo: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Horsburgh Castle
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen
Museum
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peebles and Innerleithen.
Peebles
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peebles is a town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.
Innerleithen
Town
Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Cardrona
Village
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Spectacle Strip
- Type: Forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.6354° or 55° 38′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.0881° or 3° 5′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C7RJWP6+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 909279378OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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