Duns
Duns is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Duns Castle
Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320.
Localities in the Area
Gavinton
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 2 kilometres south-west of Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire.
Blackadder House
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. Blackadder House is situated 7 km east of Duns.
Allanton
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allanton is a small village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. Allanton is situated 8 km east of Duns.
Duns
- Type: Town with 2,750 residents
- Description: town in Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77784° or 55° 46' 40" northLongitude
-2.34385° or 2° 20' 38" westPopulation
2,750Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)United Nations Location Code
GB DUSOpen Location Code
9C7VQMH4+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 356420273OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2650673Wikidata ID
Q425611Duns Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Դունս
- Asturian: Duns
- Basque: Duns
- Belarusian: Дунс
- Breton: Duns (Scottish Borders)
- Breton: Duns
- Bulgarian: Дунс
- Catalan: Duns
- Cebuano: Duns
- Chinese: 登斯
- Chinese: 邓斯
- Dutch: Duns
- English: Duns, Scottish Borders
- English: Dunse
- French: Duns
- German: Duns
- Hebrew: דנס
- Irish: An Dùn, Bearaig
- Irish: An Dùn
- Irish: An Dún
- Irish: Na Dùintean
- Italian: Duns
- Japanese: ダンス (スコットランド)
- Japanese: ダンズ
- Korean: 던스
- Norwegian: Duns
- Norwegian Bokmål: Duns
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Duns
- Persian: دانز
- Polish: Duns
- Scots: Duns
- Scottish Gaelic: Na Dùintean
- Serbo-Croatian: Duns
- Silesian: Duns
- Slovenian: Duns
- Spanish: Duns
- Swedish: Duns
- Welsh: Duns
Other Places Named Duns
Localities in the Area
- CairnbankHamlet
- GrueldykesHamlet
- Duns LawHamlet
- ClockmillHamlet
- PeelrigHamlet
Landmarks in the Area
- Duns Post OfficePost office
- Duns Parish ChurchChurch
- Malt Wynd
- Duns Police OfficePolice station
- Duns ParkPark
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