The Chesters. Site of a fort, now a leaf choked wet woodland…
| Title | The Chesters. Site of a fort, now a leaf choked wet woodland. Near Eaglescairnie Mains. |
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Richard Webb
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| Date | 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 |
| Original size | 640 x 480 |
| Retrieved from source on | 18 Mar 2012 03:23:14 (UTC) |
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The Chesters. Site of a fort, now a leaf choked wet woodland. Near Eaglescairnie Mains.
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Silent Woods near Eaglescairnie Situated just off the Bolton to Gifford road in East Lothian. A Dainish fort is thought to have stood on this spot.
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Fields on Bolton Muir Looking north from the edge of Bolton Muir Wood.
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Upper Bolton Strips
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Fields on Bolton Muir Looking north-west from the edge of Bolton Muir Wood,
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Road Junction near Gifford This junction if of the Gifford to Bolton roads
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The road through Bolton Wood Heading for East Saltoun.
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The road through Bolton Wood
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Eaglescairnie driveway
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Eaglescairnie driveway Long, straight, daffodil-lined driveway for Eaglescairnie House.
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Bolton Muir Wood. Scots pine plantation with birch understory.
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Bolton Muir Wood A mixed conifer plantation, with some recent felling and replanting, and a nicely fruiting holly tree.
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Coach house, Eaglescarnie. Big houses usually have one of these. Stables and a place for a coach. This one has a doocot in the gable.
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.jpg "Road junction between Bolton and Upper Bolton")
Road junction between Bolton and Upper Bolton
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A clearing in the woods Two fine oaks at the edge of a large clearing in Bolton Muir Wood
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Spring barley at Upper Bolton
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A view to the east along the southern edge of Bolton Muir Wood
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Eaglescairnie House
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Eaglescairnie House Eaglescairnie - 'The church by the rocks' It is believed there has been a house on this site since the 12th century when Emma de St. Hilary married William de Vetereponte (Vipond) …
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Gifford & Garvald Light Railway course The little white notice on the fence states that Port Wood (behind the camera) and the surrounding farmland are part of a stewardship scheme and encourages respo…
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East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom osm
| County | East Lothian |
| Region | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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0 mThe Chesters. Site of a fort, now a leaf choked wet woodland. Near Eaglescairnie Mains.
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130 mSilent Woods near Eaglescairnie Situated just off the Bolton to Gifford road in East Lothian. A Dainish fort is thought to have stood on this spot.
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264 mFields on Bolton Muir Looking north from the edge of Bolton Muir Wood.
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328 mUpper Bolton Strips
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575 mFields on Bolton Muir Looking north-west from the edge of Bolton Muir Wood,
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597 mRoad Junction near Gifford This junction if of the Gifford to Bolton roads
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638 mThe road through Bolton Wood Heading for East Saltoun.
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638 mThe road through Bolton Wood
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661 mEaglescairnie driveway
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661 mEaglescairnie driveway Long, straight, daffodil-lined driveway for Eaglescairnie House.
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725 mBolton Muir Wood. Scots pine plantation with birch understory.
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769 mBolton Muir Wood A mixed conifer plantation, with some recent felling and replanting, and a nicely fruiting holly tree.
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846 mCoach house, Eaglescarnie. Big houses usually have one of these. Stables and a place for a coach. This one has a doocot in the gable.
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938 mRoad junction between Bolton and Upper Bolton
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947 mA clearing in the woods Two fine oaks at the edge of a large clearing in Bolton Muir Wood
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947 mSpring barley at Upper Bolton
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983 mA view to the east along the southern edge of Bolton Muir Wood
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986 mEaglescairnie House
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986 mEaglescairnie House Eaglescairnie - 'The church by the rocks' It is believed there has been a house on this site since the 12th century when Emma de St. Hilary married William de Vetereponte (Vipond) at Bolton. A descendent, Katherine Chisholm married Walter Haliburton of Dirleton in 1432 and the house continued to pass down through the generations. That line ended in 1919 with the death of Emily Henrietta Stuart, daughter of Sir Patrick Stuart and grand daughter of the 10th Lord Blantyre of Lennoxlove. The house was featured recently in the East Lothian Life magazine. The first story of this historic house. Strictly speaking, the word Eaglescairnie in Scots Gaelic means 'church by the cairn (pile of rocks) though there is much debate with many believing the 'cairnie' part of the word being associated with a saint.
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1.1 kmGifford & Garvald Light Railway course The little white notice on the fence states that Port Wood (behind the camera) and the surrounding farmland are part of a stewardship scheme and encourages responsible walkers to enjoy and respect it. The course of this railway, abandoned east of Humbie in August 1948 when a bridge was washed away there by flooding, indeed makes a pleasant walk through fields and woodland.
