Milkieston Rings
Milkieston Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 3 miles north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument.Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Milkieston Hill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eddleston Parish Church and Cringletie.
Eddleston Parish Church
Church
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eddleston Parish Church is situated 1 mile north of Milkieston Rings.
Cringletie
Hotel
Photo: Simon Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cringletie is a Scottish Baronial house by the Eddleston Water, around 3 kilometres south of Eddleston in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Peeblesshire. Cringletie is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Milkieston Rings.
Black Barony
Building
Photo: Morley Sewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barony Castle, also known as Black Barony, and formerly as Darnhall, is a historic house at Eddleston in the Scottish Borders. The house is currently operated as a hotel, under the name of Barony Castle Hotel, and is protected as a Category B listed building. Black Barony is situated 1 mile northwest of Milkieston Rings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eddleston and Peebles.
Eddleston
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Lyne
Locality
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lyne is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about 4 square miles. Lyne is situated 4 miles southwest of Milkieston Rings.
Milkieston Rings
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.70098° or 55° 42′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.1981° or 3° 11′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C7RPR22+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 8146104369OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q31106532
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