Picts Hill
Picts Hill is an archaeological site in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Picts Hill is situated nearby to the forest Ladhope Moor, as well as near the peak Darling’s Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galashiels railway station and Pavilion Cinema.
Galashiels railway station
Railway station
Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 33 miles 22 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Galashiels railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Picts Hill.
Pavilion Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pavilion Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Picts Hill.
Old Gala House
Museum
Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas. Old Gala House is situated 2 miles southwest of Picts Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galashiels and Darnick.
Galashiels
Photo: John Brewer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galashiels is a town in the Scottish Borders, 33 miles south of Edinburgh. It's a former mill town which is now part of commuterland for the city, and in 2016 had a population of about 12,600.
Darnick
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darnick is a village near Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire. The name was first recorded in 1124, and has changed from Dernewic, Dernwick and Darnwick to the present Darnick. Darnick is situated 3 miles southeast of Picts Hill.
Gattonside
Village
Photo: MH032, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gattonside is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is located 1 kilometre north of Melrose, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by King David I. Gattonside is situated 3 miles southeast of Picts Hill.
Picts Hill
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.63747° or 55° 38′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.78452° or 2° 47′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7VJ6P8+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 13040921214OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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