Ettrick, Scotland

Ettrick, Scotland

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Ettrick is a relatively small area within Selkirkshire, in the Scottish Borders. The River Ettrick runs through it and through the village of Ettrickbridge and historic town of Selkirk. Ettrick Forest was a large Royal forest that no longer exists except in name.

The area is mostly countryside and has a large farming population.

*Poet James Hogg is known as the "Ettrick Shepherd"

* "Laverlaw", the fictional estate of Sandy Arbuthnot, Lord Clanroyden is near Ettrick.


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