Addinston

Village in the Scottish Borders, UK

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  • Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
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55°46′N 2°46′W / 55.76°N 02.76°W / 55.76; -02.76

Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts 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 and Stow

See also

References

  • Thomson, A (1902), 'Lauder and Lauderdale', Galashiels.
  • Gunn, G (1897), 'Report of the meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club for 1894, Addinstone and Longcroft'.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Addinston.
  • RCAHMS/CANMORE entry on Addinston
  • RCAHMS record of West Addinston Hill
  • The Megalithic Portal
  • Geograph image of Addinston hillfort


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