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The town of Duns was once a thriving livestock town with a large market square. Rising some 700 ft above sea level, the hill of Duns Law offers commanding views of the Merse and the rich, low-lying farmlands running out from the coast. This was originally the site of the town and on top of the hill, the remains of an Iron Age Hillfort can be ...
- Duns Castle Nature Reserve
The Nature Reserve is a fine place to walk to see woodland...
- Duns Castle Nature Reserve
In earlier times, Duns' wealth and importance rested on its thriving livestock market and like many Border settlements, it has had a turbulent history, evidence of which can still be seen in and around the town. Duns Castle, whose grounds are now a park and bird sanctuary, was redeveloped in 1820 around a 14th-century peel tower given by Robert ...
3 days ago · John Duns Scotus, born in the small town of Duns in the Scottish Borders in the 13th Century, took the name of both his birthplace and his family - and ultimately gave it to the dunce’s hat.
This circular follows two established routes through the Duns Castle Estate and includes the attractive Hen Poo Loch that is managed as a wildlife reserve. Duns Castle was erected in the 14th century by Robert the Bruce’s nephew, the Earl of Moray, and has been the seat of the Hay family since 1696. Each generation has enlarged and ...
Dunse or Duns (the spelling till 1740, revived in 1882), a town and a parish of central Berwickshire. Standing, 420 feet above sea-level, on a plain at the southern base of Dunse Law, the town by road is 44 miles ESE of Edinburgh, 15¾ W of Berwick-on-Tweed, and 3 furlongs N by W of Dunse station on a loopline of the North British, this being 8¾ miles SW of Reston Junction, 55¼ ESE of ...
The event is known as the Battle of Duns, and is the source of the town's motto, Duns Dings A! In 1513, some 6 miles (10 km) to the north of the town at Ellemford, James IV of Scotland mustered his army, prior to his campaign that would lead to the disastrous Battle of Flodden.
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Market-day, Tuesday; Duns has mfrs. of fine linen, a bleaching-ground, and a brewery. On Duns Law (700 ft.) are traces of a camp formed by the Covenanters in 1639, and in vicinity is the seat of Duns Castle. Duns through time. Duns is now part of Scottish Borders district.
