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Whinnyhill Plantation

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Whinnyhill Plantation

Walkway to hide on Bemersyde Moss Wildlife Reserve Prior to the 19th Century a large body of water occupied the site. Known as Mertoun Loch, it was fished foreels and used for driving the water mills of the parish.
Walkway to hide on Bemersyde Moss Wildlife Reserve Credit: Russel Wills

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Walkway to hide on Bemersyde Moss Wildlife Reserve Prior to the 19th Century a large body of water occupied the site. Known as Mertoun Loch, it was fished foreels and used for driving the water mills of the parish.
Walkway to hide on Bemersyde Moss Wildlife Reserve
Prior to the 19th Century a large body of water occupied the site. Known as Mertoun Loch, it was fished foreels and used for driving the water mills of the parish.
Bemersyde Moss Not much activity to be seen from the hide!
Bemersyde Moss
Not much activity to be seen from the hide!
Road running alongside Bemersyde Moss A pleasant walk!
Road running alongside Bemersyde Moss
A pleasant walk!
Whitrig Bog Brick and Tile Works 'These works consist of a machine for making tiles, worked by water, with wooden sheds for drying, and a kiln for burning, and are situated on a low portion of land known as Whitrig Bog. A considerable portion of the land, near these works, was formerly a marsh, to which the name of Whitrig Bog applied, but it is now drained and the greater part of it in good pasture.' <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk/whitrig-bog-brick-and-tile-works-st-boswells-berwickshire/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk/whitrig-bog-brick-and-tile-works-st-boswells-berwickshire/">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>
Whitrig Bog Brick and Tile Works
'These works consist of a machine for making tiles, worked by water, with wooden sheds for drying, and a kiln for burning, and are situated on a low portion of land known as Whitrig Bog. A considerable portion of the land, near these works, was formerly a marsh, to which the name of Whitrig Bog applied, but it is now drained and the greater part of it in good pasture.' LinkExternal link
Curiously named farm! Between Brotherstone and Whitrig Bog.
Curiously named farm!
Between Brotherstone and Whitrig Bog.
Brotherstone Farm Specialising in Sandyknowe Suffolks. The Sandyknowe Suffolk Flock was established in 1957 by Tom Stewart, and was kept at Sandyknowe, Kelso until 1999 when the flock was moved along the road to Brotherstone, Melrose under the management of Tom’s son Malcolm Stewart.
Brotherstone Farm
Specialising in Sandyknowe Suffolks. The Sandyknowe Suffolk Flock was established in 1957 by Tom Stewart, and was kept at Sandyknowe, Kelso until 1999 when the flock was moved along the road to Brotherstone, Melrose under the management of Tom’s son Malcolm Stewart.
Gated track off B6404 Leading to the woods at Danderhall.
Gated track off B6404
Leading to the woods at Danderhall.
Arable land east of Danderhall Looking into the valley of the River Tweed.
Arable land east of Danderhall
Looking into the valley of the River Tweed.
Whitrighill Whittrigg is marked on Blaeu’s maps as a substantial tower surrounded by an enclosure. The site is now occupied by the farm of Whitrighill.
Whitrighill
Whittrigg is marked on Blaeu’s maps as a substantial tower surrounded by an enclosure. The site is now occupied by the farm of Whitrighill.
Damaged bridge parapet The stream below flows from Bemersyde Moss and joins Maidenhall Burn.
Damaged bridge parapet
The stream below flows from Bemersyde Moss and joins Maidenhall Burn.
View towards Whitrig Bog The pond is possibly a water filled clay pit associated with the old brickworks at Whitrig Bog.
View towards Whitrig Bog
The pond is possibly a water filled clay pit associated with the old brickworks at Whitrig Bog.
Cattle in pasture North of Whitrig Bog. The very top of Smailholm Tower just appears over the top of the hill.
Cattle in pasture
North of Whitrig Bog. The very top of Smailholm Tower just appears over the top of the hill.
Smailholm Tower From the south west. 'Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles (8 km) west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside. In June 2007, it was awarded the maximum "five-star" status as a tourist attraction from VisitScotland, a rating bestowed on only eight other sites in Scotland.' <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smailholm_Tower" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smailholm_Tower">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>
Smailholm Tower
From the south west. 'Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles (8 km) west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside. In June 2007, it was awarded the maximum "five-star" status as a tourist attraction from VisitScotland, a rating bestowed on only eight other sites in Scotland.' LinkExternal link
Smailholm Tower from the west Difficult of access!
Smailholm Tower from the west
Difficult of access!
Wall Brown butterfly (Lasiommata megera) On the grass below Smailholm Tower.
Wall Brown butterfly (Lasiommata megera)
On the grass below Smailholm Tower.
Baling the straw below Smailholm Tower The crop has been taken and piled at Sandyknowe farm. See <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6959114" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6959114">Link</a>
Baling the straw below Smailholm Tower
The crop has been taken and piled at Sandyknowe farm. See Link
Field, Whitehouse Mertoun Estate.
Field, Whitehouse
Mertoun Estate.
Site of the farm buildings, Brotherstone Some years after <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4756636">NT6135 : Brotherstone Farm</a> was demolished.
Site of the farm buildings, Brotherstone
Some years after NT6135 : Brotherstone Farm was demolished.
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Whinnyhill Plantation is located at Grid Ref: NT6233 (Lat: 55.596224, Lng: -2.5990089)

Unitary Authority: The Scottish Borders

Police Authority: The Lothians and Scottish Borders

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