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Days out in ColdstreamColdstream
Days out in CrailingCrailing
Days out in DunsDuns
Days out in EdromEdrom
Days out in EllemfordEllemford
Days out in EyemouthEyemouth
Days out in FouldenFoulden
Days out in GalashielsGalashiels
Days out in GilstonGilston
Days out in GordonGordon
Days out in HermitageHermitage
Days out in InnerleithenInnerleithen
Days out in JedburghJedburgh
Days out in KelsoKelso
Days out in MelroseMelrose
Days out in PaxtonPaxton
Days out in PeeblesPeebles
Days out in Saint BoswellsSaint Boswells
Days out in SelkirkSelkirk
Days out in SmailholmSmailholm
Days out in StoboStobo

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Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey is a magnificent ruin on a grand scale with lavishly decorated masonry. The Abbey is thought to be the burial place of Robert the Bruce's heart, marked with a commemorative carved stone plaque within the grounds. Visitors can also visit...

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Carlungie Earth House

A complex underground structure, 150 feet long, of Iron Age date, that is now uncovered.
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Cross Kirk

The nave and west tower of a Trinitarian Friary, founded in the late 13th century with foundations of the domestic buildings.

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Dere Street Roman Road, Soutra

A good stretch of the Roman road running from Corbridge beside Hadrian's Wall to Cramond on the Firth of Forth. Beside the road are quarry pits from which the gravel for building the road was taken. The road continues over the Fala Flow site of speci...

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Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh sits by the Tweed River. Its remarkably complete medieval ruins makes it easy to appreciate the attractions of monastic life. The abbey buildings were destroyed by fire three times and ravaged by war on four occasions but fine examples of ec...

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Edin's Hall Broch

One of the few Iron Age brochs in lowland Scotland. Unusually large, it sits in a fort defended by ramparts and ditches, partially overlain by a settlement of the Romano-British period. Nearby is the Abbey St Bathan's woodland - a site of national im...

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Edrom Church

The richly carved Romanesque doorway of the old parish church of Edrom, in the kirkyard.
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Foulden Tithe Barn

A two-storey barn used for storing payments made in grain to the parish church. View exterior only.
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Greenknowe Tower

A handsome tower house on an L plan, built in 1581 and still retaining its iron gate or yett.
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Hermitage Castle

An awesome, eerie ruin, set in a lonely spot, Hermitage Castle has a history filled with intrigue, murders, trysts, torture, and treason.

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Jedburgh Abbey

Jedburgh Abbey, founded in 1138, was a frequent target for invading border armies. Today, there is a cloister and herb garden to explore, and a visitor centre containing 8th century carvings and artefacts excavated from the abbey grounds....

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Kelso Abbey

The west end of the great abbey church of the Tironensians, brought to Kelso in 1128 by David I. Even in its fragmentary state, this is a superb piece of architecture.


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Smailholm Tower

Home to the Pringles and Scotts, Smailholm is a prominent landmark that proved inspirational to Sir Walter Scott who is buried at nearby Dryburgh Abbey....

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