Shankend

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Shankend Manor was a sixteenth-century mansion located some six miles south of Hawick, close to Whitrope Siding in Scotland. It was constructed to manage the surrounding countryside and now overlooks the Edinburgh Waverley line. The manor fell into disuse during the 1930s and by the 1970s had been removed from local road maps. The Maiden Paps are located close to Shankend. ()

Coordinates: 55°20'44"N, 2°45'22"W

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Shankend – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cross Borders Drove Road, Maiden Paps, Whitrope Siding, Ninestane Rig.

5.4 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Cross Borders Drove Road, Hawick
139 min walk • The Cross Borders Drove Road is an 82-kilometre long hiking trail in the Borders region of Scotland. The route is based on the main route used by drovers who used to drive cattle from the markets at places such as Falkirk and Crieff southwards for sale in England.
2.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Maiden Paps, Hawick
66 min walk • The Maiden Paps are twin hills near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders of the south east of Scotland, that have the shape of human breasts. They are located 12 kilometres south of Hawick; the higher pap is 510 metres and the lower 500 metres high.
3.6 miS
Museum
Whitrope Siding
93 min walk • Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route. It was used as a goods loading bay.
5.4 miS
Archaeological site
Ninestane Rig
138 min walk • Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age.
5 miNW
Forts and castles
Branxholme Castle
128 min walk • Branxholme Castle is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of Hawick in the Borders region of Scotland.
4.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wauchope Forest
117 min walk • Wauchope Forest is a forest on the Rule Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south of Hawick, and including the A6088, the A68 and the B6357, as well as Newcastleton, Bonchester Bridge, Hobkirk, Southdean, Hyndlee, Carter Bar, Abbotrule, Chesters, Scottish Borders.
2.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Catrail
59 min walk • The Catrail is a linear earthwork in Roxburghshire, southern Scotland. It runs from Robert's Linn, a burn flowing into the Slitrig Water, westward and north-westward to the head of the Dean Burn, a tributary of the Borthwick Water.