Ninestane Rig

#6097 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. It is a scheduled monument and is part of a group with two other nearby ancient sites, these being Buck Stone standing stone and another standing stone at Greystone Hill. Settlements appear to have developed in the vicinity of these earlier ritual features in late prehistory and probably earlier. ()

Coordinates: 55°16'3"N, 2°45'39"W

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Ninestane Rig – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.5 miSW
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Hermitage Castle, Hawick
39 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.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Maiden Paps, Hawick
85 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.
1.8 miN
Museum
Whitrope Siding
47 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 miN
Bridge
Shankend
138 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.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wauchope Forest
145 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.
4.6 miS
Forts and castles
Liddel Castle
117 min walk • Liddel Castle is a ruined castle in Liddesdale, by the Liddel Water, near Castleton in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Roxburghshire. Liddel Castle is a scheduled monument.
3.6 miN
Archaeological site
Catrail
91 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.