Shankend Manor is a sixteenth century mansion located some six miles south of Hawick

Hawick

Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...

, close to Whitrope Siding

Whitrope Siding

Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route. It was used as a goods loading bay. The site is now the home of the Whitrope...

 in 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 was constructed to manage the surrounding countryside and now overlooks the Edinburgh Waverley line

Waverley Line

The Waverley Line is an abandoned double track railway line that ran south from Edinburgh in Scotland through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders to Carlisle in England. It was built by the North British Railway Company; the first section, from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849. The final section,...

. The manor fell into disuse during the 1930s and by the 1970s had been removed from local road maps. The Maiden Paps

Maiden Paps, Hawick

The Maiden Paps are twin hills near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders of the south east of Scotland, that have the shape of human breasts. They are located 12 km south of Hawick; the higher pap is 510 m and the lower 500 m high....

are located close to Shankend.

Haunting

According to local legend the manor and its surrounding grounds are a center of paranormal activity. Some legends hold that the locale is haunted by restless spirits of German soldiers who died there during a cholera outbreak in 1917, at which time the grounds being used as a POW camp. Other legend hold that the manor house itself was the site of one or more events which lead it to develop a paranormal aura.

The most common manifestation reported by these legends is a feeling of dread.