St Mary's Loch
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St Mary's Loch is the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders, and is situated on the south side of the A708 road between Selkirk and Moffat, about 72 kilometres south of Edinburgh.
1845 engraving by William Miller after P. Paton
St Mary's Loch near Selkirk from the west bank
Loch of the Lowes from the Bridge to Tibbie Shiels
Tibbie Shiel
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Tibbie Shiel was a Scottish inn keeper who ran Tibbie Shiel's Inn on St Mary's Loch in the Scottish Borders and was known to many authors and poets, and the subject of numerous literary works.
St Mary's Loch
…It connects by a short section of river to the Loch of the Lowes, immediately to the south. Between the two, connected by an old arched bridge, is Tibbie Shiel's Inn, an 18th-century coaching inn, which was frequented by the Border poet James Hogg (1770–1835). The inn is now privately owned. A statue of James…
Tibbie Shiel 1875
Tibbie Shiel's Inn from the meadow to the east
The bridge to Tibbie Shiel's Inn
Tibbie Shiels Inn as seen from the hills in winter