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History and heritage in Eildon and Leaderfoot

86 places. The top three for any trip: Smailholm Tower, Melrose Abbey, Kingsknowes Hotel.

Ranked for any trip.

No. 1
Smailholm TowerScheduled monument, 5.6 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 2
Melrose Abbeyin MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 3
Kingsknowes HotelCategory A listed, 3.6 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 4
Old Gala House5.2 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 5
Dryburgh AbbeyScheduled monument, in St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 6
Black Hill FortScheduled monument, 1.8 km from EarlstonHistory and heritage
No. 7
Monteath Mausoleum4.5 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 8
Great Tapestry of Scotland Visitor Centre5.3 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 9
Trimontium Museumin MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 10
Commendator's House MuseumCategory A listed, in MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 11
Cowdenknowes HouseCategory A listed, 1.5 km from EarlstonHistory and heritage
No. 12
Dryburgh Abbeyin St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 13
Wallace Statue1.7 km from St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 14
Ancrum Moor4.4 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 15
Littledean Tower,tower-houseScheduled monument, 3.7 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 16
Mertoun HouseCategory A listed, 2.3 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 17
Melrose Abbeyin MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 18
Trimontium Roman Fort Complexin NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 19
Leaderfoot ViaductCategory A listed, 1.3 km from NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 20
Bell Hill HillfortScheduled monument, 6.0 km from Bowden, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 21
Brotherstone Hill WestScheduled monument, 5.2 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHikes and fells
No. 22
Brotherstone,enclosure 500m NE ofScheduled monument, 5.4 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 23
Cauldshiels HillScheduled monument, 4.3 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHikes and fells
No. 24
Colmslie TowerScheduled monument, 5.4 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 25
Easter Hill,fortScheduled monument, 1.1 km from NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 26
Eildon Hill North,fort & Roman signal stationScheduled monument, 1.4 km from MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 27
Hollybush,earthworkScheduled monument, 6.5 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 28
Huntly Burn,earthworksScheduled monument, 3.3 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 29
Langshaw TowerScheduled monument, 5.4 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 30
Lindean,earthworkScheduled monument, 6.9 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 31
Linear earthwork, Kippilaw House to Cauldshiels HillScheduled monument, 2.2 km from Bowden, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 32
Muirhouselaw,homestead moatScheduled monument, 4.4 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 33
Newstead Roman military complex, 660m WSW of Broomhill FarmScheduled monument, in NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 34
Old Melrose,linear earthwork 300m W ofScheduled monument, 2.5 km from Newtown St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 35
Rink Hill,fort 700m NE ofScheduled monument, 6.2 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 36
Sandyknowe,earthwork SW ofScheduled monument, 5.7 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 37
Settlement, 53m NW of Hawthorn LodgeScheduled monument, in St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 38
Site of St. Cuthbert's ChapelScheduled monument, 2.6 km from Newtown St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 39
Bemersyde HouseCategory A listed, 2.3 km from St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 40
Drygrange Old BridgeCategory A listed, 1.4 km from NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 41
Melrose Railway StationCategory A listed, in MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 42
Carolside1.8 km from Earlston, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 43
Bowden Church and GraveyardCategory A listed, in Bowden, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 44
Darnick Village Tower Road Darnick TowerCategory A listed, 1.3 km from GattonsideHistory and heritage
No. 45
Market Square, Market CrossCategory A listed, in MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 46
Eildon Hill North Hillfort1.4 km from MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 47
Rhymer's Towerin Earlston, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 48
Temple of the Muses1.3 km from St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 49
Glenmayne House,near GalashielsCategory A listed, 4.6 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 50
Lessudden HouseCategory A listed, in St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 51
Scott Crescent, Old Gala House Including Boundary WallsCategory A listed, 5.2 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 52
Waverley Road, St Helen'sCategory A listed, in GattonsideHistory and heritage
No. 53
Ancrum Moor 15454.4 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 54
Angus Douglas-Hamiltonin MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 55
Blackchester (Roman Fort)3.2 km from Bowden, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 56
Camp Knowe Hillfortin GattonsideHistory and heritage
No. 57
Clay Mill4.6 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 58
Dryburgh Abbey Visitor Centrein St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 59
Elliston House2.9 km from Newtown St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 60
Grotto4.2 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 61
Lessudden Kirk1.2 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 62
Longnewton Village (Site of)4.2 km from Newtown St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 63
Mercat Cross5.1 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 64
Mercat Crossin MelroseHistory and heritage
No. 65
Mercat Cross War Memorialin BowdenHistory and heritage
No. 66
Muttonhole5.4 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 67
Picts Hill5.0 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 68
Rhymer's Stonein NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 69
ROMAN ROAD RR8 Dere Street2.5 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 70
ROMAN ROAD RR8 Dere Street1.5 km from EarlstonHistory and heritage
No. 71
ROMAN ROAD RR8 Dere Streetin St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 72
Site of Border Combination Smallpox Hospital6.9 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 73
Site of Free Church6.5 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 74
Site of Rutherford Village5.9 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 75
Standing Stone3.3 km from St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 76
The Cow Stone5.8 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 77
Tile Works1.3 km from EarlstonHistory and heritage
No. 78
Trimontium Roman Amphitheatre1.0 km from NewsteadHistory and heritage
No. 79
Walter Scott's Tombin St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 80
Whitrigbog Tileworks4.5 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 81
Abbotsford Including House, Walled Gardens and Courtyards, Conservatory, Bothies, Game Larder, Ice House, Terraces, Gate Lodge, Boundary Walls, Gardener's Cottage, Stable Block, Garden Statuary and All Other Ancillary StructuresCategory A listed, 3.5 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 82
Braehead House, including attached stables, garage and engine house, garden walls, entrance archway and gates, and boundary walls, excluding stables to southwest and garages and lodge to south, Main Street, St BoswellsCategory A listed, in St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 83
Dovecote, MertounCategory A listed, 2.6 km from St Boswells, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 84
Nether Road, Gala Fairydean Football StadiumCategory A listed, 3.6 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage
No. 85
Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, King James obelisk, headstone of Field Marshall Earl Haig and memorials in burial ground to the north of Dryburgh Abbey and excluding scheduled monument SM90103, DryburghCategory A listed, in St BoswellsHistory and heritage
No. 86
Windyknowe Road, Woodlands House Including Boundary WallsCategory A listed, 6.0 km from Gattonside, just outside the areaHistory and heritage

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