Yetholm Loch

Freshwater loch in the Scottish Borders

Yetholm Loch. Looking towards Lochside from Yetholm Law

Yetholm Loch is a loch near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.[1]

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.[2]

The loch lies in a crescent-shaped valley, at the edge of the Cheviot Hills.[3] The southern end of the loch is swamp, but it gradually gives way to fen and willow scrub.

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 74 Kelso & Coldstream (Jedburgh & Duns) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319231388.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch (59318)". Canmore. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Yetholm Loch | South of Scotland". Scotland Starts Here. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yetholm Loch.
  • 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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Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves in the Scottish Borders

55°33′N 2°19′W / 55.550°N 2.317°W / 55.550; -2.317


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