Cranshaws

Cranshaws

Cranshaws is a village on the B6355, near Duns, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.

Of Cranshaws Castle only the tower remains, at Cranshaws Farm on Cranshaws Hill.

Places nearby include Abbey St Bathans, Innerwick, Longformacus, Spott, East Lothian, Stenton, the Whiteadder Water, and Whittingehame.

See also

References

  • Brooke, C J (2000) Safe sanctuaries: security and defence in Anglo-Scottish border churches 1290-1690, Edinburgh, pages 50-1
  • Elma Fleming, Berwickshire Monumental Inscriptions XIII Cranshaws, publ. Borders Family History Society

External links

Coordinates: 55°51′N 2°31′W / 55.85°N 2.517°W / 55.85; -2.517


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