Newcastleton
Newcastleton, is a town in the Scottish Borders, a couple of miles from the boundary with England, on the Liddel Water. It is the site of Hermitage Castle. Newcastleton is 10 mi (16 km) east of Langholm, 17 mi (27 kilometres) south of Hawick, 24 mi (39 km) north of Carlisle and also 74 mi (119 km) south of Edinburgh. Newcastleton was built as a result of the land clearances in the 1790s when people were forced to move from Old Castleton village. There has been an individual celebration at Newcastleton because 1970. "Copshaw Holm" (one more name for the town) is celebrated in the song "Copshawholm Fair", written by David Anderson in 1830, as sung by Willie Scott among others.