Yetholm Loch

Yetholm Loch. Looking towards Lochside from Yetholm Law

Yetholm Loch is a loch near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.[1] It is also a nature reserve of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, bearing the same name.[2]

There was a tower on an island in Yetholm Loch which could be reached via a causeway. The tower was destroyed by the Earl of Surrey on the night of 17 May 1523.[3]

The loch lies in a crescent-shaped valley, at the edge of the Cheviot Hills. The southern end of the loch is swamp, but it gradually gives way to fen and willow scrub.


References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 74 Kelso & Coldstream (Jedburgh & Duns) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319231388.
  2. "Scottish Wildlife Trust: Yetholm Loch". www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. RCAHMS. "Monument No. 59318". Canmore. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

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Coordinates: 55°33′N 2°19′W / 55.550°N 2.317°W / 55.550; -2.317


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