Back Hill
Back Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Back Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Greenend, as well as near the village Longnewton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Monteath Mausoleum and Bowden Church.
Monteath Mausoleum
Tomb
Photo: Sid Tudnall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monteath Mausoleum is a large landmark in the Scottish Borders near the village of Ancrum. The listed building can be seen from the A68 road just north of Jedburgh. It was built in 1864 and renovated in 2018.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown St Boswells and St Boswells.
Newtown St Boswells
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtown St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders council area, in south-east Scotland. The village lies south of the Eildon Hills on the Sprouston and Newtown burns, approximately 40 miles south-east of Edinburgh.
St Boswells
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Boswells is a village on the south side of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, about 1 mile southeast of Newtown St Boswells on the A68 road. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire.
Bowden
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowden is a village in the Roxburghshire area of the Scottish Borders, situated 3 miles south of Melrose, 2 miles west of Newtown St Boswells and tucked in the shadow of the Eildon Hills, Scotland.
Back Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.5467° or 55° 32′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.6553° or 2° 39′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C7VG8WV+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2165236679OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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