Skirling

From Wikishire
Jump to: navigation, search
Skirling
Peeblesshire
Skirling - geograph.org.uk - 170472.jpg
Skirling
Location
Grid reference: NT070384
Location: 55°37’49"N, 3°28’40"W
Data
Population: 159  (2011)
Post town: Biggar
Postcode: ML12
Local Government
Council: Scottish Borders
Parliamentary
constituency:
Dumfriesshire,
Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Skirling is a small village and parish in Peeblesshire, along the A72 in the very west of the county, close to the border with Lanarkshire, marked here by the Spittal Burn and the Wintermuir Burn. Biggar in the latter county is the closest town and post town.

Adjacent parishes are Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho to the east and south; Biggar in Lanarkshire to the west; Kirkurd to the north-east; and Walston and Dolphinton in Lanarkshire to the north. The latter four parishes along with Skirling itself all meet at a boundary stone on Broomy Law - a rare occurrence of five boundaries coming together at one point.

Commons-logo.svg
("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Skirling)

This Peeblesshire article is a stub: help to improve Wikishire by building it up.