Softly Hill

Softly Hill is in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Softly Hill is situated nearby to the reservoir Tank, as well as near the meadow Green.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stichill Kirk and Floors Castle.

Stichill Kirk

Church

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stichill Kirk is an ancient church situated in the village of Stichill in the old county of Roxburghshire, now part of the Scottish Borders Council in Scotland. Stichill Kirk is situated 1 mile west of Softly Hill.

Floors Castle

Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.

Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. Floors Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Softly Hill.

Hume Castle

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home. Hume Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Softly Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stichill and Ednam.

Stichill

Village

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Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream.

Ednam

Village

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Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Floors Castle is nearby. The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water.

Hume

Village

Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies 7 miles from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Stichill, Lambden, Nenthorn, Ednam, Birgham and Gordon. Hume is situated 2½ miles northwest of Softly Hill.

Softly Hill

Type: Agricultural land
Category: agriculture
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.63696° or 55° 38′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.43631° or 2° 26′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C7VJHP7+QF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 965334448

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmland

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