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Blythe

Settlement in Berwickshire

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Blythe

Grazing, Blythe Grassland won from the moor through great effort, the piles of cleared stones are visible all over the picture. Blythe is a big cattle farm.
Grazing, Blythe Credit: Richard Webb

Blythe is a small village located in the Scottish Borders region of Berwickshire. Situated approximately 10 miles southeast of Duns and 7 miles southwest of Eyemouth, it lies in a picturesque rural setting surrounded by rolling hills and beautiful countryside. The village is primarily residential, with a close-knit community that values its peaceful and idyllic atmosphere.

Blythe is known for its charming architecture, with many traditional stone-built cottages dating back several centuries. The village also features a small church, which serves as a focal point for the local community and holds regular services and events.

Despite its small size, Blythe boasts a few amenities to cater to its residents' needs. These include a local pub, providing a friendly gathering place for locals and visitors alike. The village is also home to a primary school, ensuring that families have access to education for their children within the community.

Surrounded by the natural beauty of the Scottish countryside, Blythe offers numerous opportunities for outdoor activities and exploration. The village is in close proximity to several walking and hiking trails, providing stunning views of the surrounding landscape. Additionally, the nearby coastline offers opportunities for beach walks and water-based activities.

Overall, Blythe is a charming and peaceful village, offering a tranquil and close-knit community for its residents. Its idyllic location, combined with its architectural beauty and proximity to nature, makes it an attractive place to live or visit for those seeking a quiet and picturesque retreat in the Scottish Borders.

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Images are sourced within 2km of 55.732568/-2.6703653 or Grid Reference NT5849. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Grazing, Blythe Grassland won from the moor through great effort, the piles of cleared stones are visible all over the picture. Blythe is a big cattle farm.
Grazing, Blythe
Grassland won from the moor through great effort, the piles of cleared stones are visible all over the picture. Blythe is a big cattle farm.
Hill fort and rocky ground This area is unusually rocky for the Lammermuir Hills. The stones have been put to use in building dykes, now backed up with electric fences. There are the remains of a hill fort on the spur in the middle of the picture.
Hill fort and rocky ground
This area is unusually rocky for the Lammermuir Hills. The stones have been put to use in building dykes, now backed up with electric fences. There are the remains of a hill fort on the spur in the middle of the picture.
Cattle, Blythe This part of the Lammermuir Hills is covered with grass rather than heather. The grazing supports a large herd of cattle.
Cattle, Blythe
This part of the Lammermuir Hills is covered with grass rather than heather. The grazing supports a large herd of cattle.
Roaring bull The Charolais bull was away from the cows and bellowing - he seemed to be interested in what was happening in the next field.
Roaring bull
The Charolais bull was away from the cows and bellowing - he seemed to be interested in what was happening in the next field.
Spot the burn The Spotts Burn is flowing through vegetation. Some of the stones cleared to make this field have been used to make a road embankment over the burn and surrounding wet ground.
Spot the burn
The Spotts Burn is flowing through vegetation. Some of the stones cleared to make this field have been used to make a road embankment over the burn and surrounding wet ground.
Road, Blythe A well surfaced road running through farmland. It serves the distant moorland and some remote dwellings in the Lammermuir interior.
Road, Blythe
A well surfaced road running through farmland. It serves the distant moorland and some remote dwellings in the Lammermuir interior.
Farmland, Spott Burn Clearance cairns in fields won from a rocky bit of the Lammermuir Hills. The piles of stones were all hand picked from the moors, turning them to farmland.
Farmland, Spott Burn
Clearance cairns in fields won from a rocky bit of the Lammermuir Hills. The piles of stones were all hand picked from the moors, turning them to farmland.
George’s Cairn on Peat Law This impressive memorial cairn is marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer map as George’s Cairn. The cairn is approximately 2m wide at the base and 3.5m high and is topped with an upright stone. There is a 2.5m loose stone surround which I presume is to prevent cattle from damaging the cairn. It is dedicated to Captain George Nisbet McDougal, M.C. who was killed during the D-Day Landings in 1944. The inscription on the cairn is as follows: IN MEMORY OF CAPT. GEORGE NISBET McDOUGAL, M.C. 629TH FLD. SQN. ROYAL ENGINEERS SERVED WITH 8TH ARMY FROM ALAMEIN TO TUNIS KILLED IN ACTION AT LA BRÊCHE NORMANDY ON D. DAY 8TH JUNE 1944, AGE 23 BURIED AT HERMANVILLE 1921 – 44 SON OF CAPT. ARTHUR R. McDOUGAL, BLYTHE & HIS WIFE H MAUD LOGAN OF BIRKHILL & GRANDSON OF GEORGE McDOUGAL WHO CAME TO BLYTHE IN 1852 & G.G. GRANDSON OF GEORGE NISBET WHO CAME TO FLASS IN 1801. GOODBYE ALSO OF HIS COMRADES 2 OFFICERS & 24 MEN WHO FELL THEN & LIE IN HERMANVILLE
George’s Cairn on Peat Law
This impressive memorial cairn is marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer map as George’s Cairn. The cairn is approximately 2m wide at the base and 3.5m high and is topped with an upright stone. There is a 2.5m loose stone surround which I presume is to prevent cattle from damaging the cairn. It is dedicated to Captain George Nisbet McDougal, M.C. who was killed during the D-Day Landings in 1944. The inscription on the cairn is as follows: IN MEMORY OF CAPT. GEORGE NISBET McDOUGAL, M.C. 629TH FLD. SQN. ROYAL ENGINEERS SERVED WITH 8TH ARMY FROM ALAMEIN TO TUNIS KILLED IN ACTION AT LA BRÊCHE NORMANDY ON D. DAY 8TH JUNE 1944, AGE 23 BURIED AT HERMANVILLE 1921 – 44 SON OF CAPT. ARTHUR R. McDOUGAL, BLYTHE & HIS WIFE H MAUD LOGAN OF BIRKHILL & GRANDSON OF GEORGE McDOUGAL WHO CAME TO BLYTHE IN 1852 & G.G. GRANDSON OF GEORGE NISBET WHO CAME TO FLASS IN 1801. GOODBYE ALSO OF HIS COMRADES 2 OFFICERS & 24 MEN WHO FELL THEN & LIE IN HERMANVILLE
The inscription panel at George’s Cairn, Peat Law For a view of the cairn dedicated to Captain George Nisbet McDougal, M.C. who was killed at the D-Day Landings, see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6006257">NT5850 : George’s Cairn on Peat Law</a>. The inscription reads: IN MEMORY OF CAPT. GEORGE NISBET McDOUGAL, M.C. 629TH FLD. SQN. ROYAL ENGINEERS SERVED WITH 8TH ARMY FROM ALAMEIN TO TUNIS KILLED IN ACTION AT LA BRÊCHE NORMANDY ON D. DAY 8TH JUNE 1944, AGE 23 BURIED AT HERMANVILLE 1921 – 44 SON OF CAPT. ARTHUR R. McDOUGAL, BLYTHE & HIS WIFE H MAUD LOGAN OF BIRKHILL & GRANDSON OF GEORGE McDOUGAL WHO CAME TO BLYTHE IN 1852 & G.G. GRANDSON OF GEORGE NISBET WHO CAME TO FLASS IN 1801. GOODBYE ALSO OF HIS COMRADES 2 OFFICERS & 24 MEN WHO FELL THEN & LIE IN HERMANVILLE
The inscription panel at George’s Cairn, Peat Law
For a view of the cairn dedicated to Captain George Nisbet McDougal, M.C. who was killed at the D-Day Landings, see NT5850 : George’s Cairn on Peat Law. The inscription reads: IN MEMORY OF CAPT. GEORGE NISBET McDOUGAL, M.C. 629TH FLD. SQN. ROYAL ENGINEERS SERVED WITH 8TH ARMY FROM ALAMEIN TO TUNIS KILLED IN ACTION AT LA BRÊCHE NORMANDY ON D. DAY 8TH JUNE 1944, AGE 23 BURIED AT HERMANVILLE 1921 – 44 SON OF CAPT. ARTHUR R. McDOUGAL, BLYTHE & HIS WIFE H MAUD LOGAN OF BIRKHILL & GRANDSON OF GEORGE McDOUGAL WHO CAME TO BLYTHE IN 1852 & G.G. GRANDSON OF GEORGE NISBET WHO CAME TO FLASS IN 1801. GOODBYE ALSO OF HIS COMRADES 2 OFFICERS & 24 MEN WHO FELL THEN & LIE IN HERMANVILLE
The Blythe Water The Blythe Water makes a right-angle bend here on its way downstream to join the Leader Water.
The Blythe Water
The Blythe Water makes a right-angle bend here on its way downstream to join the Leader Water.
Thirlestane Farm Cottages A row of four cottages west of the steading.
Thirlestane Farm Cottages
A row of four cottages west of the steading.
Fields at Dods Stubble fields across the Boondreigh Water.
Fields at Dods
Stubble fields across the Boondreigh Water.
Boon Hill And the valley of the Boondreigh Water.
Boon Hill
And the valley of the Boondreigh Water.
Cottage and stubble field An isolated cottage by the A697.
Cottage and stubble field
An isolated cottage by the A697.
Cottages at Cambridge Two cottages and an old smithy. One of several places with that name in the UK, and very different from The Cambridge - no university here!
Cottages at Cambridge
Two cottages and an old smithy. One of several places with that name in the UK, and very different from The Cambridge - no university here!
Pyatshaw Archway On the Spottiswoode estate, a Category C listed structure. A Gothick rubble archway believed to date from the 18thC, at the base of each side is an inscribed stone, which can only be read with great difficulty - see <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://thehazeltree.co.uk/2014/07/29/two-old-arches-and-a-warning-in-stone/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://thehazeltree.co.uk/2014/07/29/two-old-arches-and-a-warning-in-stone/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>.
Pyatshaw Archway
On the Spottiswoode estate, a Category C listed structure. A Gothick rubble archway believed to date from the 18thC, at the base of each side is an inscribed stone, which can only be read with great difficulty - see LinkExternal link.
Trees by the Brunta Burn With farmland beyond.
Trees by the Brunta Burn
With farmland beyond.
Gateway and farm buildings at Blyth The gateway is the entrance to an equestrian exercise area. It is ornate, with couple of small quern-stones and an inscribed, but unreadable stone, at the top of the gate 'post'.
Gateway and farm buildings at Blyth
The gateway is the entrance to an equestrian exercise area. It is ornate, with couple of small quern-stones and an inscribed, but unreadable stone, at the top of the gate 'post'.
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Blythe is located at Grid Ref: NT5849 (Lat: 55.732568, Lng: -2.6703653)

Unitary Authority: The Scottish Borders

Police Authority: The Lothians and Scottish Borders

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