Booked New Year 2010/11

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Quality cottage in the Scottish Borders

The Old Threshing Mill is a converted mill and steadings offering quality accommodation in three cottages situated in open Borders countryside near the River Tweed, just 43 miles from Edinburgh.

Old Mill House is the largest of the cottages and has a warm, spacious, comfortable, open-plan living/dining room which is filled with light from the three windows overlooking Little Wood, the mill stream and the garden. Both bedrooms have an en suite bathroom with over-bath shower, and the master bedroom has a double bed and a single day bed. Once outside, the only sounds to be heard are the stream and the birds.

In days gone by, the mill was the threshing mill for the local farms and the mill stream still runs through the garden. Millfield's history can be traced back to 1745, the year Bonnie Prince Charlie marched south of the Border! Smailholm Tower, a restored ancient peel tower, is just up the hill, and the Eildon Hills (Trimontium - "three mountains" - in Roman times when there was a large fort there) can be seen across the fields. Recent research suggests that a young cavalry officer honed his equestrian and military skills there before becoming the legendary King Arthur. Roxburgh Castle, near Kelso, fits historically and romantically into being the site for Camelot, and throughout the region there are tantalising names and clues pointing to a more than romantic connection!

The Scottish Borders was shaped by geography, war, clan feuds, and the colourful history of the Border Reivers. For many hundreds of years, loyalty to clan or family was far greater than that to monarch, religion or country. Visitors to the area will find a rich history that embraces kings, queens, lairds, clans, romance, treachery and courage - and a wild spirit that is strong to this day.