Yetholm Loch is a loch near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.
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.
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.
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 74 Kelso & Coldstream (Jedburgh & Duns) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319231388.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch (59318)". Canmore. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- "Yetholm Loch | South of Scotland". Scotland Starts Here. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
See also
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berwickshire and Roxburgh, SSSI
- List of places in the Scottish Borders
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
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