Oliver Castle

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Oliver Castle was a medieval tower house, located in the upper Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders. The site of the hillfort known as Oliver Castle is to the north of the village of Tweedsmuir, although the site of the tower house is less certain. Mentioned in a document of c.1200, it was originally part of the line of peel towers along the Tweed Valley. It was replaced in the seventeenth century by a house, which was itself replaced in the late 18th century by the present Oliver House. For most of its existence the property has been owned by members of the Tweedie family. ()

Coordinates: 55°30'33"N, 3°25'48"W

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Oliver Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Culter Fell, Broad Law, Loch Skeen, Talla Reservoir.

3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Culter Fell
98 min walk • Culter Fell is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the county top of the historic county of Lanarkshire, as well as the highest point in South Lanarkshire council area.
3.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Law
80 min walk • Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 metres and an isolation of 81 kilometres.
6.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Skeen
175 min walk • Loch Skeen or Loch Skene is a loch in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. It is located about 10 miles to the north-east of Moffat and feeds the 60-metre high Grey Mare's Tail waterfall.
2.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Talla Reservoir
55 min walk • Talla Reservoir, located a mile from Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland, is an earth-work dam fed by Talla Water. The reservoir is supplemented by water from the nearby Fruid Reservoir. It was opened in 1905.
5.3 miN
Tower
Wrae Tower
135 min walk • Wrae Tower is a ruined 16th-century stone tower house, located in the upper Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and similarly south of the village of Broughton. The ruin is at grid reference NT115332, 3 km south-west of Drumelzier.
3.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Fruid Reservoir
90 min walk • Fruid is a small reservoir in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, UK, near Menzion. It is formed by damming the Fruid Water, and supplements the contents of Talla Reservoir, forming part of the water supply for Edinburgh.
2.1 miSW
Tower
Hawkshaw
53 min walk • Hawkshaw is a pair of semi-detached houses on the River Tweed, two miles southwest of Tweedsmuir in the Scottish Borders.