Lyne () is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about .

The Lyne Water flows through the village on its journey from the Pentland Hills to the River Tweed.

Lyne, Scottish Borders

Lyne railway station was, along with Stobo railway station, one of the nine intermediate stations of the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway branch line. See also: Lyne Viaduct.

Lyne, Scottish Borders

Dawyck Botanic Garden and Dawyck House are nearby.

Lyne, Scottish Borders

By an Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1621, the Parish of Lyne was joined to that Megget, some to the south without any proper connecting road. This union was dissolved after 270 years in 1891.

See also

Lyne Kirk

Lyne railway station

Lyne Water

Lyne Viaduct

Hallyne

List of places in the Scottish Borders

List of places in East Lothian

List of places in Midlothian

List of places in West Lothian

References

External links

Biggar Archaeology Group / Lyne Heritage Trail

Photos of Lyne Railway station

Peebles Archaeological Society website

Roman fort, fortlet and camps at Hallyne, Lyne

RCAHMS: Border Union Railway, river Lyne Bridge to Harker Section

RCAHMS record for Lyne station

Villages in the Scottish Borders

Peeblesshire

Parishes in Peeblesshire