Birkscairn Hill

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Birkscairn Hill
Birkscairn.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 661 m (2,169 ft) [1]
Prominence 62 m (203 ft) [2]
Listing Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN [3]
Geography
Location Scottish Borders, Scotland
Parent range Manor Hills, Southern Uplands
OS grid NT 27470 33163
Topo map OS Landranger 73

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.

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