Stirches
Stirches is a Town in the county of Scottish Borders.
Stirches postcode: TD9 7QW
There are great places to visit near Stirches.
Stirches History
There are some historic monuments around Stirches:
- Burgh Hill,fort and settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2169
- Dod,earthworks on right bank of Allan Water 670m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3353
- Highchesters Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1695
- Gray Hill,earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM2148
- Campknowe Plantation,fort & enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM2140
- Dodburn Hill,earthworks & homestead Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3460
- Kirkton Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1700
- Ashkirkshiel earthwork 1600m SE of Ashkirktown Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2224
- The Catrail,linear earthwork,SE slope of Singley Brae to Barry Sike Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork SM3495
- Blakebillend,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2297
- Birny Knowe,earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM2151
- Whitcastle Hill and Todshaw Hill, forts, earthworks, linear earthworks Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2150
- Midshiels,standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM2142
- Newton Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2255
- Hawick Moat Park, motte Secular: motte SM1702
- Lord's Tree Cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3368
- North House Cottages,cairn 200m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3434
- Dod,earthwork 300m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3355
- Pyat Knowe,enclosure 150m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM79
- Chester Knowe,earthworks 775m ENE of Allanwater Reservoir Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3367
- Brownmoor Glen,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2225
- The Catrail,linear earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork SM3457
- Penchrise Pen,earthwork 420m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3365
- Dod,earthworks on Gray Coat 540m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3391
- New Greenhill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2272
- Berryfell Farm,earthwork and linear earthwork 400m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3396
- Gray Coat,settlement 540m NE of Priesthaugh Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM3459
- Penchrise Pen, fort 635m SW of Penchrise Farm Cottage 20th Century Military and Related: Civil defence (eg. air raid shelter); Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2296
- Leap Hill,earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM2241
- Howden,motte Secular: motte SM2256
- Midshiels,mound Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM2143
- Broadlee Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2227
- Dod,enclosure on Gray Coat Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3356
- Clerklands,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2223
- White Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2294
- Woodfoot Bridge,enclosure 430m NE of Pagton Burn Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3374
- Borthwick Mains,symbol stone Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone SM2127
- Burgh Hill,stone circle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM3354
- Riddell, motte and bailey 600m NE of Secular: motte SM2130
- Leap Linn,earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM2233
- Pisgah Saucer Barrows or Whitefield Cairns Prehistoric ritual and funerary: saucer barrow SM2299
- Blakebillend,cairn 335m E of Williams Rig Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3364
- Pen Sike,earthwork 300m SW of Penchrise Pen Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3428
- The Catrail,linear earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork SM3413
- Middlestead,earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM2398
- Mid Hill,fort & settlement 700m NW of Adderstonshiels Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3373
- Denholm Hill,forts 600m NE of Stobs Castle Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3372
- Barns Burn,fort 680m NW of Newton Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3363
- North Synton,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2273
- Kaim Law,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1697
- White Knowe,settlement 180m W of Newton Hill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM3386
- Pleaknowe,fort & homestead 430m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3412
History of Stirches
Stirches is an area of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, mostly consisting of ex-council housing built in 1973. It is often considered to be one of the more desirable housing schemes in the town. Many people think Stirches is a village it is not however and just an area like Burnfoot but unlike Burnfoot Stirches was never even thought of as actually being considered a town/village by the borders council.
