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Yarrowford is a village on the A708, in the Scottish Borders area of
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
, 4 miles north-west of Selkirk, in the
Ettrick Forest Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk ( gd, Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. ...
. The
Yarrow Water ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
flows through the village and joins the
Ettrick Water The Ettrick Water is a river in Ettrick, by the village of Ettrickbridge and the historic town of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The water, a tributary of the River Tweed, is known also as the River Ettrick, often locally ...
near
Philiphaugh Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders. Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Salenside, Yarrowford and the Yair Forest. Origina ...
. Places nearby include Bowhill,
Ettrickbridge Ettrickbridge ( gd, Drochaid Eadaraig) is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick V ...
, Newark Castle, the Yair Forest,
Yarrow, Scottish Borders Yarrow is a place and parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland and in the former county of Selkirkshire.The name "Yarrow" may derive from the Celtic languages, Celtic word ''garw'' meaning "rough" or possibly share a derivation with the E ...
and Yarrow Feus.


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List of places in the Scottish Borders ''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic ...
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List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. * List of burghs in Scotland * List of census localities in Scotland *List of islands of Scotland ** List of Shetland islands ** List of Orkney islands ** L ...


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RCAHMS record of Yarrowford, Yarrow Water, BridgeScotland's Places: Populated Place, Yarrow FordScottish Borders Council: Finalised Local PlanGeograph image: Yarrowford Public HallVisitScotland: The Three Brethren, Yarrowford
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