Romannobridge is a hamlet on the Lyne Water, on the A701, in the Scottish Borders. Settlements nearby include West Linton, Halmyre, Dolphinton, Blyth Bridge, and Mountain Cross. The village is served by a community centre (the Newlands Centre), a small primary school (Newlands Primary) and a church (Kirkurd and Newlands Parish Church of Scotland). The three-span bridge itself was constructed in 1774. Romannobridge is on the route of the main drovers' road for livestock headed to market in England, and is now a stop on the Cross Borders Drove Road long-distance path.

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Newlands, Scottish Borders

Newlands is a parish in the Tweeddale committee area of the Scottish Borders council area, in southeastern Scotland.
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Bordlands

Bordlands is a village in the Parish of Newlands in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In is recorded on Pont's maps as Boirland. Bordlands Hill, to the south of the village, is the site of a prehistoric hillfort which is designated as a scheduled monument.
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Broomlee railway station

Broomlee railway station served the village of West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, from 1864 to 1933 on the Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway.
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Blyth Bridge

Blyth Bridge is a small hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near to West Linton. It is located in a bend on the A701 which goes from Moffat to Edinburgh, close to the junction with the East-West road the A72 which goes to Peebles. Places nearby include the Lyne Water, Carlops, Romannobridge, and the Deepsyke Forest. There is an aqueduct carrying a large water main which supplies Edinburgh and passes over Tarth Water. There are a number of iron age forts on the hills nearby, and the historic Drochil Castle is a short distance away.