Garvald, Scottish Borders
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Garvald is a hamlet on the B7007, near Dewar
, by the Dewar Burn, in the Moorfoot Hills
, in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
, in the former Peeblesshire
.
Places nearby include Borthwick
Hall, Heriot
, the Leithen Water
, Peatrig Hill
, and Peebles
.
Dewar, Scottish Borders
Dewar is a village by the Dewar Burn and Peatrig Hill, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.Places nearby include Allanshaugh, Borthwick Hall, Fountainhall, Garvald, the Gladhouse Reservoir, Heriot, the Heriot Water, the Leithen Water, Lugate and the Lugate Water.-External links:**...
, by the Dewar Burn, in the Moorfoot Hills
Moorfoot Hills
The Moorfoot Hills are a range of hills south of Edinburgh in east central Scotland, UK, one of the ranges which collectively form the Southern Uplands.The Hills run from Peebles, Scottish Borders, in a north easterly direction to Tynehead, Midlothian....
, in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
area of 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...
, in the former Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire , the County of Peebles or Tweeddale was a county of Scotland. Its main town was Peebles, and it bordered Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west.After the local government reorganisation of 1975 the use of the name...
.
Places nearby include Borthwick
Borthwick
Borthwick is a small hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland. To the west of the village is the fifteenth-century Borthwick Castle. Other places nearby include Temple, Midlothian, Newbattle, Newbattle Abbey, Heriot, Scottish Borders.-External links:******...
Hall, Heriot
Heriot
Heriot, from Old English heregeat , was originally a death-duty in late Anglo-Saxon England, which required that at death, a nobleman provided to his king a given set of military equipment, often including horses, swords, shields, spears and helmets...
, the Leithen Water
Leithen Water
Leithen Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in Scotland. It joins it near the town of Innerleithen, whose name comes from the Scottish Gaelic inbhir, meaning a confluence, and anglicised as "inner" or "inver". The Brythonic equivalent is "Aber". "Leithen" is a Celtic name meaning grey in...
, Peatrig Hill
Peatrig Hill
Peatrig Hill is a minor hill in Scotland, located about 15 km south-southeast of Edinburgh. One of the Moorfoot Hills, it is located in the parish of Heriot in the Scottish Borders Council Area....
, and Peebles
Peebles
Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
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See also
- Garvald, East LothianGarvald, East LothianGarvald, is a village south of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. The combined parish of Garvald and Bara, borders Whittingehame to the East, Morham to the North, Yester to the West, and Lauder to the South. It is mainly an agricultural parish...
- Garvald, South LanarkshireGarvald, South LanarkshireGarvald is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland....
Reference
- Barrowman, C (1997) 'Garvald Burn (Linton parish), chert scatter'.
- Barrowman, C (2000), 'Garvald Burn, Scottish Borders (Garvald parish), late Mesolithic chert scatter and knapping floor'.