Longformacus

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Longformacus
Scottish Gaelic Longphort Mhacais
Building in Longformacus
Building in Longformacus
Coordinates 55 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  W
Longformacus (Scotland)
Longformacus
Longformacus
administration
Post town DUNS
ZIP code section TD11
prefix 01361
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Longformacus is a village in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Berwickshire . It is located around nine kilometers north of Greenlaw and northwest of Duns on Dye Water . Longformacus is located on the eastern slopes of the Lammermuir Hills at an altitude of around 210 m .

history

A church building can be found on the site as early as the 13th century. Today's Longformacus Church dates from the 1730s.

The former barony of Longformacus was once owned by the Earls of Moray and later by the Earls of Dunbar .

The Tower House Cranshaws Castle was probably built in the middle of the 16th century northwest of Longformacus . In the second half of the same century, another tower house followed in the village itself.

Robert Sinclair, 3rd Baronet let the early 18th century mansion Longformacus House built on the eastern edge of Longformacus.

traffic

Located in a sparsely populated region on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, Longformacus is only connected to the road network via an unclassified road. The A6105 and A6112 are accessible from Duns .

Longformacus is located on the Southern Upland Way between Portpatrick and Cockburnspath .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ^ A b Longformacus in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Entry on Longformacus Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on Cranshaws Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ Entry on Longformacus Manse  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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