Brown Dod

Brown Dod is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Brown Dod is situated near the locality Milky Law, as well as near Temple Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dundreich and Northshield Rings.

Dundreich

Peak

Dundreich is a hill in the Moorfoot Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Its close proximity to Edinburgh allows for an almost unimpeded view towards the city, as well as into the Pentland Hills and surrounding counties.

Northshield Rings

Archaeological site

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Northshield Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 6 miles north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument.

Bowbeat Hill

Peak

Photo: Iangpark, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bowbeat Hill is a hill in the Moorfoot Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lends its name to Bowbeat Onshore Wind Farm built on the hill and commissioned in 2003.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eddleston and Peebles.

Eddleston

Village

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Eddleston is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies 4 miles north of Peebles and 9 miles south of Penicuik on the A703, which passes through the centre of the village. Eddleston is situated 2 miles southwest of Brown Dod.

Peebles

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peebles is a town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.