What is recorded here
Why this person is known: Scottish poet, wit and socialite (1712-1794)
- Birthplace
- Selkirkshire
Places near here
Peat RigStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 727 yd
Ettrick ShawsCountry House (19th Century), Hotel (period Unassigned) · 1063 yd
Ettrickbridge, Kirkhope SteadingFarmstead (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1294 yd
EttrickbridgeBurial Ground (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
Dodhead Under HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Sundhope HeightMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Brockhill WoodWood · 1.7 mi
Pernassie HillForest · 3.9 mi
Eldinhope TowerTower House (medieval) · 4.0 mi
Newark CastleTower House (medieval) · 4.9 mi
PhiliphaughBattle Site (17th Century), Carved Stone(s) (13th Century), Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Gravestone (17th Century), Linear Earthwork (period Unassigned) · 5.2 mi
Battle of Philiphaughbattle · 5.2 miOther information
Photo: after a miniature by Anne Forbes · Public domain