Birks Hill

Birks Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 2,047 feet. Birks Hill is situated nearby to the locality Glenshiel Banks, as well as near the hamlet Newhall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birkscairn Hill and Dun Rig.

Birkscairn Hill

Peak

Birkscairn Hill is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the lowest, and normally first, Donald in a round of hills known as the Dun Rig Horseshoe, south of Peebles.

Dun Rig

Peak

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dun Rig is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest hill in the northernmost cluster of the Manor Hills, south of the town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Traquair and Cardrona.

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.

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, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

Birks Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,047 feet
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.59207° or 55° 35′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.13952° or 3° 8′ 22″ west

Elevation

2,047 feet (624 metres)

Open location code

9C7RHVR6+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2683364550

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12624082

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