Castle Mains

Castle Mains is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Castle Mains is situated nearby to the hamlet Birkenside, as well as near the locality Knock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duns Castle and Jim Clark Motorsport Museum.

Duns Castle

Castle

Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a Category A listed building.

Jim Clark Motorsport Museum

Museum

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jim Clark Motorsport Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Castle Mains.

Duns Library

Library

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Duns Library is situated 1½ miles southeast of Castle Mains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duns and Gavinton.

Duns

Town

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Duns is a historic market town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Historically the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, it acts as a local commercial and service centre for the surrounding rural and agricultural area. Duns is situated 2 miles southeast of Castle Mains.

Gavinton

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 2 kilometres south-west of Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire. The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns to Greenlaw road at grid reference NT767521. Gavinton is situated 2½ miles south of Castle Mains.

Abbey St Bathans

Village

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Abbey St Bathans is a parish in the Lammermuir district of Berwickshire, in the eastern part of the Scottish Borders. Unique in its topography, it is situated in a long winding steep wooded valley that follows the Whiteadder Water. Abbey St Bathans is situated 4 miles north of Castle Mains.

Castle Mains

Type: Hamlet
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.79615° or 55° 47′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.37601° or 2° 22′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C7VQJWF+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 931004403

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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