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Dist:0.1km<br/>This road runs from the A6088 (Hawick to Bonchester Bridge road) to Denholm. The Eildon Hills and Minto Hills are on the skyline to the left.
©Walter Baxter
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©Walter Baxter
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©james denham
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©james denham
Dist:0.5km<br/>The obelisk stands on the west side of a minor road about 1km north from the A6088 Hawick to Bonchester Bridge road. It is dedicated to Dr John Leyden, a poet and orientalist, who was a gifted linguist, knowing 34 different languages or dialects. The inscription at the top of the obelisk reads:- THE SITE OF HENLAWSHIEL WHERE D JOHN LEYDEN SPENT HIS BOYHOOD The inscription at the bottom reads:- BORN AT DENHOLM 8th SEPT 1775 DIED AT BATAVIA 28th AUG 1811 YET IN THIS SILENT GLIDING STREAM ON TIME SHALL FLOAT HIS HONOURED NAME
©Walter Baxter
Dist:0.5km<br/>This obelisk stands by the edge of a minor road about 1km north from the A6088 Hawick to Bonchester Bridge road. It is dedicated to John Leyden, a poet and orientalist, who was a gifted linguist, knowing 34 different languages or dialects. The inscription at the top of the obelisk reads:- THE SITE OF HENLAWSHIEL WHERE D JOHN LEYDEN SPENT HIS BOYHOOD The inscription at the bottom reads:- BORN AT DENHOLM 8th SEPT 1775 DIED AT BATAVIA 28th AUG 1811 YET IN THIS SILENT GLIDING STREAM ON TIME SHALL FLOAT HIS HONOURED NAME
©Walter Baxter
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking downstream past Rubers Law.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.6km<br/>
©Walter Baxter
Dist:0.7km<br/>Farm under Rubers Law
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.8km<br/>Cattle exiting the square rather sharply. They were unusually frightened of me, behaving more like deer than curious cattle.
©Richard Webb
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©james denham
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©james denham
Dist:0.8km<br/>Grassland grazed by sheep and cattle, and in very wet condition after a long period of heavy rain. The shelter belt on the map cannot be seen easily but is there, the trees are very young.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.9km<br/>Heading for Nether Tofts Farm.
©james denham
Dist:1.1km south<br/>This tree stands 0.5km north from the Hawick to Bonchester Bridge A6088 road.
©Walter Baxter

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