Addinston
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Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill fort
s and settlements, in Lauderdale
in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
, in the former Berwickshire
.
The Cleekhimin Burn joins the Leader Water, or River Leader
, at Wiselawmill.
Places nearby include Allanshaws
, Borthwick
Hall, Fountainhall, the Heriot Water, Killochyett, Lauder
, Oxton
, Stow
Hill fort
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period...
s and settlements, in Lauderdale
Lauderdale
Lauderdale, denoting "dale of the river Leader", is the dale and region around that river in south-eastern Scotland.It can also refer to:-People:*Earls of Lauderdale*Lord Lauderdale, member of The Cabal of Charles II of England-Place names:Australia...
in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
area of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, in the former Berwickshire
Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...
.
The Cleekhimin Burn joins the Leader Water, or River Leader
River Leader
The River Leader, or Leader Water, is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston, joining the River Tweed at Leaderfoot.-The journey:...
, at Wiselawmill.
Places nearby include Allanshaws
Allanshaws
Allanshaws is a village off the B6362, in Lauderdale, by the Allan Water, in the parish of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, formerly part of Roxburghshire.Nearby are Addinston, Galashiels, Killochyett, Lauder, Stow.-References:...
, Borthwick
Borthwick
Borthwick is a small hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland. To the west of the village is the fifteenth-century Borthwick Castle. Other places nearby include Temple, Midlothian, Newbattle, Newbattle Abbey, Heriot, Scottish Borders.-External links:******...
Hall, Fountainhall, the Heriot Water, Killochyett, Lauder
Lauder
The Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders 27 miles south east of Edinburgh. It is also a royal burgh in the county of Berwickshire. It lies on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.-Medieval history:...
, Oxton
Oxton
Oxton may refer to:*Oxton, Merseyside, England*Oxton, North Yorkshire, England*Oxton, Nottinghamshire, England*Oxton, Scottish Borders, Scotland...
, Stow
Reference
- Thomson, A (1902), 'Lauder and Lauderdale', Galashiels.
- Gunn, G (1897), 'Report of the meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club for 1894, Addinstone and Longcroft'.