Philiphaugh is a village by the
Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of
Selkirk, in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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Places nearby include
Bowhill,
Broadmeadows, the
Ettrick Water,
Ettrickbridge
Ettrickbridge ( gd, Drochaid Eadaraig) is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, from the nearby town of Selkirk.
It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick V ...
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Lindean
Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, ...
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Salenside Salenside is a village off the A7, on the Ale Water, near Ashkirk, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Selkirkshire. There was a Salenside Tower house, but nothing remains of it. Salenside Farm and Salenside Cottage exist. The p ...
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Yarrowford and the
Yair Forest.
Originally referred to as the land owned as part of ''Philiphaugh Estate'', the name is today more commonly used to describe the most southern parts of Selkirk.
Philiphaugh rugby ground is the home of
Selkirk Rugby Club. Selkirk Cricket Club is the site of the
Battle of Philiphaugh, fought on 13 September 1645 at the height of the
Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
The grave of
Tibbie Tamson
Isabella Thomson''The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly'', Volume 13 (1908), 178 (d.1790), usually known by the dialect form of her name Tibbie Tamson, was a Scottish woman who lived in the royal burgh of Selkirk in the Scottish Border ...
(died 1790), a suicide from Selkirk buried in unconsecrated ground, is located at an isolated spot near Harehead Hill at the boundary between the Philiphaugh and Bowhill estates.
The grave is maintained by way of an apology.
See also
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List of places in the Scottish Borders
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List of places in Scotland
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Scottish Border Towns
References
External links
CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Selkirk, Philiphaugh MillRCAHMS record of Selkirk, Philiphaugh SawmillScottish Borders Council: Philiphaugh Community SchoolGeograph image: The cauld by the Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre
Villages in the Scottish Borders
Eildon
Areas in Scotland
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