Hawkshaw

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Hawkshaw is a pair of semi-detached houses on the River Tweed, two miles southwest of Tweedsmuir in the Scottish Borders. Historically part of Peeblesshire, the original village of Hawkshaw was destroyed when the Fruid Reservoir was constructed in 1963, and is remembered as the ancestral family home of the Porteous family, dating from at least 1439. ()

Coordinates: 55°29'12"N, 3°27'53"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Annandale Way, Culter Fell, Broad Law, Moffat Hills.

5.3 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Annandale Way
136 min walk • The Annandale Way is a captivating hiking trail that winds through the pastoral landscapes of the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway in the United Kingdom. This scenic route, which stretches for approximately 55 miles, offers hikers an opportunity to immerse...
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Culter Fell
112 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.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Law
114 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.
5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moffat Hills
139 min walk • The Moffat Hills are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They form a roughly triangular shape with a west facing side, a north facing side, and a south-east facing side.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
White Coomb
158 min walk • White Coomb is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
2.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Oliver Castle
53 min walk • 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.
2.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Talla Reservoir
65 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.
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Fruid Reservoir
61 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.