Addinston
{{Short description|Village in the Scottish Borders, UK}}
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| constituency_westminster = Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
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Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts and settlements, in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.
The Cleekhimin Burn joins the Leader Water, or River Leader, at Wiselawmill.
Places nearby include Allanshaws, Borthwick Hall, Fountainhall, the Heriot Water, Killochyett, Lauder, Oxton and Stow
See also
References
- Thomson, A (1902), 'Lauder and Lauderdale', Galashiels.
- Gunn, G (1897), 'Report of the meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club for 1894, Addinstone and Longcroft'.
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719234733/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=56035 RCAHMS/CANMORE entry on Addinston]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120608054040/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=56057 RCAHMS record of West Addinston Hill]
- [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7379 The Megalithic Portal]
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1188386 Geograph image of Addinston hillfort]
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Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders
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