Eildon Hills

A circular walk of about 7 miles around the Eildon Hills from Melrose in the Scottish Borders.

• Melrose Abbey Car Park (NT548341)
• Leaderfoot Viaduct
• Eildon Hill North
• Eildon Hill Mid
• Eildon Hill Wester
• Melrose Abbey Car Park

Melrose Abbey

The Trimontium Stone near the Leaderfoot Viaduct. Trimontium was the Roman Capital of South Scotland. More details on the Trimontium Trust web site. "Here once stood the fort of Trimontium, built by the troops of Agricola in the first century AD, abandoned at least twice by the Romans, and ultimately lost by them after fully one hundred years of frontier warfare".

Leaderfoot Viaduct

Eildon Hill North

Rhymer's Stone. "This stone marks the site of the Eildon tree where legend says Thomas the Rhymer met the Queen of the Fairies and where he was inspired to utter the first notes of the Scottish Muse"

Erected by
Melrose Literary Society
1929

Re-erected here
1970

Leaderfoot Viaduct from Eildon Hill North

Eildon Hill North

Melrose Abbey from Eildon Hill North

Eildon Hills Wester and Mid from North

Eildon Hill North from Mid

Eildon Hill Mid

Melrose from Eildon Hill Mid

Eildon Hill Wester from Mid

Eildon Hills Mid and North from Wester