Ettrick Forest
Encyclopedia
Ettrick Forest is a former royal forest
in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
.
It is a large area of moorland
, south of Peebles
, stretching from Dollar Law to Selkirk.
Royal forest
A royal forest is an area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland; the term forest does not mean forest as it is understood today, as an area of densely wooded land...
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...
.
It is a large area of moorland
Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog...
, south of Peebles
Peebles
Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
, stretching from Dollar Law to Selkirk.
See also
- James HoggJames HoggJames Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English.-Early life:James Hogg was born in a small farm near Ettrick, Scotland in 1770 and was baptized there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded...
- Craik ForestCraik ForestCraik Forest is a forest near Hawick in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and managed by the Forestry Commission.-See also:*Craik, Scottish Borders*Ettrick Forest*Wauchope Forest*List of forests in the United Kingdom...
- Wauchope ForestWauchope ForestWauchope Forest is a forest on the Rule Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south of Hawick, and including the A6088, the A68 and the B6357, as well as Newcastleton, Bonchester Bridge, Hobkirk, Southdean, Hyndlee, Carter Bar, Abbotrule, Chesters, Scottish Borders.-See also:*List of...
- List of forests in the United Kingdom
- List of places in the Scottish Borders
- List of places in Scotland
External links
- EttrickForestArchers.co.uk
- RCAHMS record for Ettrick Forest or Selkirkshire
- SCRAN: Bowling champions in front of club house at Ettrick Forest Bowling Club, Selkirk
- The Borders Forest Trust
- Gazetteer for Scotland; Ettrick Forest
- Jstor: A newly discovered map of Ettrick Forest by Robert Gordon of Straloch
- The Ettrick Forest Tartan
- James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd