Yetholm Loch is a loch near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.[1]

Yetholm Loch. Looking towards Lochside from Yetholm Law

There was a tower on an island in Yetholm Loch which could be reached via a causeway. The tower was destroyed by the Earl of Surrey on the night of 17 May 1523.[2]

The loch lies in a crescent-shaped valley, at the edge of the Cheviot Hills. The southern end of the loch is swamp, but it gradually gives way to fen and willow scrub.

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 74 Kelso & Coldstream (Jedburgh & Duns) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319231388.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch (59318)". Canmore. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

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55°33′N 2°19′W / 55.550°N 2.317°W / 55.550; -2.317