<< Our Photo Pages >> Eildon Hill North - Hillfort in Scotland in Scottish Borders
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Eildon Hill NorthCountry: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Melrose
Map Ref: NT55453280
Latitude: 55.586791N Longitude: 2.708333W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The Iron-Age Hillfort on the summit of Eildon Hill North was thought to be in use by the Romano-British Kingdom of Gododdin and a Roman Signal Station. It is the largest Hillfort in Scotland and has signs of settlement back to the Bronze Age.
canmore.org.uk/site/55668/eildon-hill-north
The Eildon Hills are also the setting for the story of Thomas the Rhymer and his journey into the realm of Faerie. Thomas, Laird of Ercildoune, was a real person who lived in the 13th century. The ruins of his tower can be seen at Earlston.
A horse trader, Canonbie Dick, claimed to have sold a horse to an old man, whom he followed to a cave inside what is now known as Little Hill on the southwest edge of the Eildon Hills. Inside lay the sleeping King Arthur and his Knights who were being provided horses by the old man. Some say the old man was Thomas the Rhymer.
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