Eckford (Scottish Borders)

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Eckford
Building in Eckford
Building in Eckford
Coordinates 55 ° 32 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W
Eckford (Scotland)
Eckford
Eckford
administration
Post town KELSO
ZIP code section TD5
prefix 01835
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Eckford is a scattered settlement in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Roxburghshire . It is located about seven kilometers southwest of Kelso and northeast of Jedburgh on the right bank of the Teviot . Eckford is at an altitude of about 60 m.

history

To the east of Eckford are the ruins of Cessford Castle . In 1523 , the British military classified the former fortification of Clan Kerr as the third strongest fortress in Scotland. With the Eckford Tower , a tower house was probably built in Eckford in the early 16th century . English troops razed it in 1554 and 1570. Today there are no remains of the defense tower. The Kirkbank House was once a small mansion on the northern edge of Eckford.

In the 1880s there was a school in Eckford that could accommodate 100 students. In 1771, today's Eckford Church was built. At the site, however, there was a previous structure, fragments of which were integrated into Eckford Church.

traffic

The A698 , which connects Hawick in Scotland with Berwick-upon-Tweed in England , forms the main thoroughfare from Eckford. Before Jedburgh, the A68, which runs from Edinburgh to Darlington , is a trunk road within a few kilometers. In Kelso there is also a connection to the A699 .

To the west of Eckford, the Kalemouth Suspension Bridge spans the Teviot. The suspension bridge, built around 1835, is of little infrastructural importance today.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ^ A b c Eckford in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ↑ Entry on Thirlestane Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry on Eckford Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on Kirkbank House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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