The Chester

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Recorded parish

Tweedsmuir

What is recorded here

The Chester is a settlement in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 49755

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Photo credits

• Jim Barton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Callum Black, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Medcalf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
• Maker not stated on source page, britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
• Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
• Maker not stated on source page, hu.pinterest.com
• Leslie Barrie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

GlenruscoVillage (medieval) · 239 ydGlenvegScooped Settlement (middle Iron Age) · 532 ydMoat BurnSheepfold(s) (post Medieval) · 738 ydCockiland HillFindspot (20th Century), Armlet (glass)(middle Iron Age) · 780 ydOliver CastleFort (prehistoric) · 807 ydTweedsmuir Church, QuarryQuarry · 859 ydTweedsmuir Parish Church, Graveyard and Covenanter's StoneBurial Ground (post Medieval), Commemorative Monument (early 20th Century) (1910), Covenanters Grave (17th Century) (1685), Gravestone (18th Century) (1726), Obelisk (mid 19th Century) (1837) · 920 ydTweedsmuir Parish Church, Sculptured StoneCarved Stone · 926 ydHog HillPlantation Dyke (post Medieval) · 930 ydHearthstaneStanding Stone(s) (prehistoric) · 1079 ydTalla WaterArchaeological Feature (possible), Scooped Settlement (possible) · 1153 ydNether Oliver DodMountain / peak · 1457 yd

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