Shankend Manor

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Shankend Manor
Roxburghshire
Location
Grid reference: NT522059
Location: 55°20’43"N, 2°45’13"W
History
Built 16th century
Country house
Information

Shankend Manor is a sixteenth-century mansion which is to be found some six miles south of Hawick in Roxburghshire, close to Whitrope Siding.

The house was built as the to manage the surrounding countryside and now overlooks the Edinburgh Waverley line.

The manor fell into disuse during the 1930s and by the 1970s had been removed from local road maps. The Maiden Paps are located close to Shankend.

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