Salmon Leap walk, Selkirk
Rating out of 5: 5 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: The Salmon Leap Walk, starting from Selkirk, offers a great opportunity for a short stroll as a …
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Abercorn Castle
Location: on the grounds of Hopetoun House, Queensferry, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: thought to have been a tower housetoday: completely …
Minch Moor circuit from Traquair
Rating out of 5: 5 Source: Walkhighlands and Robbie Porteous – The Scottish Borders 40 favourite walks (not a round route here) Reasons: The round …
Traquair House
Location: near Traquair, Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: fortified mansion, former hunting lodgetoday: opened to the public, while also functioning as …
Dryburgh Abbey and the River Tweed, St Boswells
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands and Robbie Porteous – The Scottish Borders 40 favourite walks (St Boswells and the Tweed) combined them to …
Dryburgh Abbey
Location: Dryburgh, near St Boswells, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandtoday: ruin is opened to the publicpublic transport: buses to St Boswells or Newton St Boswells, …
Vertish Hill, Hawick
Rating out of 5: 3.75 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: Once you have overcome the hard and steep first bit of the route, walking alongside the street …
Cardrona Tower
Location: Cardrona Forest near Peebles, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 16th-century peel tower, L-shapedtoday: ruin, accessible to see from the outside, great care …
Heip Hill and the Teviot, Hawick
Rating out of 5: 3 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: This route somehow has me a bit torn, for one it had some lovely views and especially …
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
Location: near Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 15th-century fortress with a rectangular keeptoday: ruined condition, can be explored by …