Torwoodlee Broch
Torwoodlee Broch is the remains of an iron-age broch located near the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: broch in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Torwoodlee”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torwoodlee Tower and Torwoodlee House.
Torwoodlee Tower
House
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torwoodlee Tower is a house, which is situated 2,300 feet south of Torwoodlee Broch.
Torwoodlee House
Building
Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torwoodlee House is a building, which is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Torwoodlee Broch.
Buckholm Tower
Ruins
Photo: Double Happiness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buckholm Tower is a ruins, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Torwoodlee Broch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clovenfords and Caddonlee.
Clovenfords
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clovenfords is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 1 mile north of the hamlet of Caddonfoot and 4 miles west of the town Galashiels. The village sits on undulating grasslands and surrounding rolling hills. Clovenfords is situated 1½ miles southwest of Torwoodlee Broch.
Caddonlee
Hamlet
Caddonlee is a farm in the village of Clovenfords in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Caddon Water, near Caddonfoot where Caddon Water meets the Tweed. Caddonlee is situated 2 miles southwest of Torwoodlee Broch.
Galashiels
Photo: John Brewer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galashiels is a town in the Scottish Borders, 33 miles south of Edinburgh. It's a former mill town which is now part of commuterland for the city, and in 2016 had a population of about 12,600.
Torwoodlee Broch
- Categories: broch, hillslope fort, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.63661° or 55° 38′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.85105° or 2° 51′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7VJ4PX+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 941973107OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1644811
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Torwoodlee Broch” goes by many names.
- French: “Torwoodlee Broch”
- German: “Torwoodlee”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Torwoodlee, hill fort and Tank Strip.
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