Buccleuch, Scottish Borders

East and West Buccleuch (/bəˈkluː/ bə-KLOO) are two homesteads in the Scottish Borders, in the Ettrick parish of historic Selkirkshire.

[1] Nothing but its foundations remained when the farmhouse of East Buccleuch was built on the site in the early 19th century.

[1] The cleugh itself supposedly acquired its name after an ancestor of the Scott family slew a buck there.

[2] There is the remains of a watermill at the head of Buck Cleugh,[3] and further up the valley of the Rankle Burn are the remains of Buccleuch Church[4] and Phenzhopehaugh Motte, another fortification of the Scotts.

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