Brotherstone Hill

#4619 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Brotherstone Hill is a hill near St. Boswells and the Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, with two standing stones from the megalithic age, on the summit of Brotherstone Hill, at a height of 418 metres. The stones differ in height and stand 16 metres apart. The stones mark the boundary between the old Borders counties of Roxburghshire and Berwickshire. ()

Coordinates: 55°36'58"N, 2°36'23"W

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Brotherstone Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Melrose Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey, Smailholm Tower, Mellerstain House.

4.5 miW
14th-century monastic ruins with museum
Melrose Abbey, Melrose
116 min walk • St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders.
3.2 miSW
Medieval ruins with informational boards
Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose
81 min walk • Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.
1.4 miSE
15th-century hilltop stone tower
Smailholm Tower, Kelso
36 min walk • Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside.
2.6 miNE
Historical place, Garden, Park
Mellerstain House, Kelso
67 min walk • Mellerstain House is a stately home around 8 miles north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of the 14th Earl of Haddington, and is a historical monument of Scotland.
2.9 miW
Bridge
Leaderfoot Viaduct, Melrose
75 min walk • The Leaderfoot Viaduct, also known as the Drygrange Viaduct, is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
4.5 miN
Forts and castles
Greenknowe Tower
115 min walk • Greenknowe Tower is a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders. Although a roofless ruin, the stonework of the tower is well preserved, and represents a fine example of a later tower house, built more as a residence rather than as a place of defence.
5 miSW
Archaeological site
Eildon Hill
127 min walk • Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple peak.
2.7 miSW
Monuments and statues
Statue of William Wallace, St Boswells
68 min walk • The William Wallace Statue near the grounds of the Bemersyde estate, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders is a statue commemorating William Wallace.
2.8 miW
Bridge
Drygrange Old Bridge
72 min walk • The Drygrange Old Bridge is a disused road bridge over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
4.6 miW
Park
Harmony Garden, Melrose
117 min walk • The Harmony Garden is the garden of Harmony Hall which is in the town of Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, administered by the National Trust for Scotland.
2.5 miS
Bridge
Mertoun Bridge
65 min walk • The Mertoun Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders.