Wallace’s Hill

Wallace’s Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,509 feet. Wallace’s Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Old Howford, as well as near Glenormiston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Traquair House and Kailzie Gardens.

Traquair House

Photo: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion.

Kailzie Gardens

Garden

Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kailzie Gardens is a walled garden near Kirkburn in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Tweed valley, 2.5 miles east of Peebles, off the B7062.

Horsburgh Castle

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cardrona and Innerleithen.

Cardrona

Village

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn.

Innerleithen

Town

Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.

Traquair

Village

Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.

Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.

Wallace’s Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,509 feet
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.61309° or 55° 36′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.10729° or 3° 6′ 26″ west

Elevation

1,509 feet (460 metres)

Open location code

9C7RJV7V+63

OpenStreetMap ID

node 417861391

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12615123

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