Catrail

#6965 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. It is about 11.5 mi long, and consists of a ditch and bank. The Deil's Dyke was once considered to extend to the Catrail. ()

Coordinates: 55°18'57"N, 2°43'48"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Hermitage Castle, Maiden Paps, Whitrope Siding, Ninestane Rig.

4.8 miSW
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Hermitage Castle, Hawick
123 min walk • Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It is under the care of Historic Scotland. The castle has a reputation, both from its history and its appearance, as one of the most sinister and atmospheric castles in Scotland.
2.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Maiden Paps, Hawick
59 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.
1.7 miSW
Museum
Whitrope Siding
45 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.
3.6 miS
Archaeological site
Ninestane Rig
91 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.
2.3 miNW
Bridge
Shankend
59 min walk • 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.
7.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Branxholme Castle
184 min walk • Branxholme Castle is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of Hawick in the Borders region of Scotland.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wauchope Forest
82 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.