Places to visit in Scottish Borders

The Discover Alone map has 23,684 places, people and events in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Most of the places are free to visit. Choose a kind of place, or open the map to see what is near you.

Kinds of place in Scottish Borders

• Archaeology and monuments (11,379)
• Historic places (8,219)
• Wrecks and historic events (984)
• Woods, forests and old trees (959)
• Mountains and hills (549)
• Things to do (458)
• Memorials and graveyards (386)
• Castles and forts (329)
• Viewpoints and information (70)
• Caves (30)
• Walking routes (26)
• Cliffs, bays and coast (21)
• Waterfalls, wells and springs (20)
• Islands (19)

Some of the best-recorded places in Scottish Borders

• Zigzag PlantationFindspot (period Unassigned), Polished Axehead (stone)(neolithic)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Zigzag Plantation as Findspot (period Unassigned)…
• Young Jeanie's WoodHut (medieval) - (18th Century), Mound (period Unknown)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Young Jeanie's Wood as Hut (medieval) - (18th Century)…
• Young Bush WoodUnenclosed Platform Settlement (prehistoric)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Young Bush Wood as Unenclosed Platform Settlement…
• Yett BurnHut (post Medieval), Sheepfold (post Medieval)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yett Burn as Hut (post Medieval), Sheepfold (post…
• Yett BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned), Hut (period Unassigned)(possible), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Sheepfold (period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yett Burn as Farmstead (period Unassigned), Hut (period…
• Yearning HallEnclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Farmstead(s) (period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yearning Hall as Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned)…
• Yarrowford, Yarrow Water, BridgeRoad Bridge (19th Century)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yarrowford, Yarrow Water, Bridge as Road Bridge (19th…
• Yarrowford, Broadmeadow, East LodgeGate Lodge (19th Century)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yarrowford, Broadmeadow, East Lodge as Gate Lodge (19th…
• Woolandslee TowerBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)Woolandslee Tower still stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval tower house beside an enclosure and sheepfold…
• Woodhouse HillTower House (medieval)Woodhouse Hill is a medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders, built when local power still wore stone instead of…
• Windydoors TowerBastle (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval)Windydoors Tower stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval tower house later shaped into a post-medieval bastle, its…
• Windy WindshielFarmstead (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval)Windy Windshiel stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval tower house later worked into a post Medieval farmstead…