Yetholm Loch
Yetholm Loch is a loch near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.[1] It is also a nature reserve of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, bearing the same name.[2]
Yetholm Loch. Looking towards Lochside from Yetholm Law
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.[3]
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
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 74 Kelso & Coldstream (Jedburgh & Duns) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319231388.
- "Scottish Wildlife Trust: Yetholm Loch". www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Monument No. 59318". Canmore. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
External links
- SSSI CITATION, 17 October 1983
- RCAHMS record of Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch
- Scottish Borders Council: Standing Open Water Habitat Action Plan
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency: Catchment Pollution Reduction Programme under Directive 78/659.EEC
- Geograph image: Yetholm Loch from Fourmartdean
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