Maiden Paps, Hawick

Name: Maiden Paps
Address: Hawick, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Hawick

Nature, Natural attraction, Rock

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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. ()

Elevation: 1673 ftCoordinates: 55°18'46"N, 2°47'17"W

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Hawick United Kingdom

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Maiden Paps – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

3.9 miS
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Hermitage Castle, Hawick
101 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.
2.1 miSE
Museum
Whitrope Siding
53 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.
3.3 miS
Archaeological site
Ninestane Rig
85 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.
2.6 miNE
Bridge
Shankend
66 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.
5.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wauchope Forest
140 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 miE
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.

Maiden Paps, Hawick

Facts and practical information

Maiden Paps – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Hermitage Castle, Hawick

Whitrope Siding

Ninestane Rig

Shankend

Wauchope Forest

Catrail