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Bowhill House & Country Park. Tel: 01750 22204 Admission
charges apply. Home of the Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry
and sited in the middle of extensive parkland. The house itself
contains an outstanding art collection, with a wide range of
work from the masters, tapestries and superb French furniture,
Sevres and Meissen china, and silver. About 3 miles west of Selkirk.
Halliwell's House Museum
& Robson Gallery, Selkirk Tel 01750 20096 This museum explores
and reveals the life of Selkirk through the ages. In the centre
of Selkirk.
Sir Walter Scotts Courtroom, Selkirk Tel: 01750 20096 The building
in Selkirk where Sir Walter Scott sat as a Sheriff of Selkirk
from 1804 till 1832. Now a museum which explores his life, his
writings and especially his time as a Sheriff. In the centre
of Selkirk.
Aikwood Tower, Ettrick
Valley, near Selkirk Tel: 01750 52253 A very fine 14th century
peel tower restored in 1992 and the home of Lord and Lady Steel
of Aikwood. The present tower was rebuilt about 1602. Its walls
are only about 4 feet thick and above the dungeons, all three
stories are restored. There is a small medieval garden, stocked
with rare ancient plants, a car park and a small shop. About
5 miles southwest of Selkirk.
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