Yetholm Loch

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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]

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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. [2]

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.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 74 Kelso & Coldstream (Jedburgh & Duns) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN   9780319231388.
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch (59318)". Canmore . Retrieved 26 October 2016.

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