Cranshaws is a village on the B6355 road, near

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, in the Scottish Borders area of

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Of Cranshaws Castle only the tower remains, at Cranshaws Farm on Cranshaws Hill. Places nearby include

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, Innerwick,

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, the

Whiteadder Water Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed. In common with the headwaters of the Biel Water it rises on the low hillside ...

, and

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References

* Brooke, C J (2000) ''Safe sanctuaries: security and defence in Anglo-Scottish border churches 1290-1690'', Edinburgh, pages 50–1 * Fleming, Elma ''Berwickshire Monumental Inscriptions XIII Cranshaws'', publ. Borders Family History Society *

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RCAHMS record of Cranshaws Farm, Stable CourtyardRCAHMS record of Cranshaws CastleGeograph image: Cranshaws KirkGeograph image: Cranshaws Castle, only the tower remains
{{authority control Villages in the Scottish Borders

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