Camptown, Scottish Borders
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Camptown is a small settlement on the A68, in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
, 5m (8km) south of Jedburgh
, and the same distance south to Carter Bar
.
The village lies on the course of the Jed Water
, and the remains of a peel tower
are close by.
Other places nearby are Bairnkine
, Bonchester Bridge
, Crailing
, Edgerston
, Ferniehirst Castle
, Hobkirk
, the Jed Water
, Mossburnford, Newbigging, Oxnam
and the Mervinslaw Deer and Farm Park.
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...
, 5m (8km) south of Jedburgh
Jedburgh
Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...
, and the same distance south to Carter Bar
Carter Bar
The Carter Bar is the point at which the A68 crosses the England-Scotland border and forms a pass located at the top of Redesdale in the Cheviot Hills at an altitude of . The first sizeable Scottish town is Jedburgh approximately north. Other nearby Scottish towns include Hawick away and Kelso...
.
The village lies on the course of the Jed Water
Jed Water
The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Borders region of Scotland.In total Jed Water is over 20 miles long, it flows into the Teviot near Jedfoot Bridge from a source in the Cheviot Hills....
, and the remains of a peel tower
Peel tower
Peel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger...
are close by.
Other places nearby are Bairnkine
Bairnkine
Bairnkine is a village on the Jed Water in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A68, south of Jedburgh.Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bedrule, Mervinslaw, Camptown, Langlee, Chesters, and Oxnam.-External links:****...
, Bonchester Bridge
Bonchester Bridge
Bonchester Bridge is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, lying on the Rule Water, 6 miles away from the busy market town of Hawick...
, Crailing
Crailing
Crailing is a village on the A698, in Teviotdale, 4m east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.Places nearby include Ancrum, Crailinghall, Eckford, Hownam, Kelso, Nisbet, Roxburghshire, the Oxnam Water, the River Teviot.Rory Bremner bought Crailing House...
, Edgerston
Edgerston
Edgerston is a village and an estate about 8 miles north of the Anglo-Scottish border, south of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in the former Roxburghshire.Thomas Rutherfurd built Edgerston House in 1695...
, Ferniehirst Castle
Ferniehirst Castle
Ferniehirst Castle is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Berwickshire...
, Hobkirk
Hobkirk
Hobkirk is a village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Rule Water, south-west of Jedburgh and south-east of Hawick....
, the Jed Water
Jed Water
The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Borders region of Scotland.In total Jed Water is over 20 miles long, it flows into the Teviot near Jedfoot Bridge from a source in the Cheviot Hills....
, Mossburnford, Newbigging, Oxnam
Oxnam
Oxnam is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential town.The placename Oxnam is from Old English oxa "oxen" and ham "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred"...
and the Mervinslaw Deer and Farm Park.