| Longformacus | |
|---|---|
 entering the village | |
  Longformacus Location within the Scottish Borders | |
| OS grid reference | NT693572 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNS |
| Postcode district | TD11 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Longformacus (Scottish Gaelic: Longphort Mhacais) is a small village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.[1] It is around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. The Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its confluence with the Whiteadder Water nearby.
In the vicinity are traces of an ancient fortification at Runklie or Wrinklaw[2][3] and the Mutiny Stones cairn.[2][3]
The opera Lucia di Lammermoor, written by Gaetano Donizetti and based on Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor, was set in the Lammermuirs and an old form of the village's name, Lockermachus, is mentioned in Scott's novel.[4]
The Southern Upland Way, a Long Distance Route which crosses southern Scotland, passes through the village, and the Sir Walter Scott Way from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Longformacus.
- ^ "OS 25 inch Map 1841-1952". zoomable map with Bing transparency overlay. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ a b Groome, Francis H. "Longformacus". Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ a b First Report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Berwick (PDF). HMSO. 1909. p. 43.
- ^ Scott, Walter, Sir (1800). The heart of Midlothian; The bride of Lammermoor. Boston: Dana Estes & company. p. 380. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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