Brotherstone Hill

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Brotherstone Hill

Brotherstone Hill is a hill near St. Boswells and the Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, with two standing stones from the megalithic age, on the summit of Brotherstone Hill, at a height of 418 metres. [1] The stones differ in height (2.45m and 1.60m) and stand 16 metres apart. The stones mark the boundary between the old Borders counties of Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.

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Brotherstone Farm is situated off a minor road, between the villages of Gattonside and Smailholm.

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References

  1. "Brotherstone Hill". hillbagging.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

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