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11/03/2012 – Summit of Minch Moor

thelonious Mar 11, 2012

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Minch Moor

Cist

Rhiannon Nov 6, 2009

The New Statistical Account of Scotland (written in 1845) describes cists being found on Minch Moor. Also, according to Scott’s ‘Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’ (1802)...

There is, upon the top of Minchmuir, a mountain in Peebles-shire, a spring, called the Cheese Well, because, anciently, those who passed that way were wont to throw into it a piece of cheese, as an offering to the fairies, to whom it was consecrated.

Sites within 20km of Minch Moor

Cheese Well

Sacred Well • 0.41km NW

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Innerleithen Parish Church

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 4.59km WNW

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Pirn Hill Fort

Hillfort • 4.69km WNW

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Caerlee Hill Fort

Hillfort • 4.94km WNW

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St. Ronan’s Well

Sacred Well • 5.07km WNW

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Warrior’s Rest

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.41km S

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Glebe Stone

Standing Stones • 5.51km S

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The Yarrow Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.78km S

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Torykneis

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.44km NW

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Castle Knowe

Hillfort • 7.04km W

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Cardrona Mains

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.25km WNW

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Birks Cairn

Cairn(s) • 8.37km WSW

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Peat Law

Cairn(s) • 8.68km E

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Cardie Hill Fort

Hillfort • 11.21km WNW

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Janet’s Brae Fort

Hillfort • 11.63km WNW

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Janet’s Brae Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.73km WNW

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Kittlegairy Burn Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.21km WNW

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The White Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.37km W

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Sleepy Knowe

Cairn(s) • 13.25km SE

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Cademuir Hill

Hillfort • 13.46km W

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Kirkton Manor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.16km W

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White Meldon Fort and Cairn

Hillfort • 16.9km W

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Sheriff Muir

Standing Stones • 17.18km W

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Meldon Burn

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.37km W

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Black Meldon Fort

Hillfort • 17.82km W

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Dundreich

Cairn(s) • 18km NW

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Jeffries Corse

Cairn(s) • 18.1km NW

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Eildon Hills

19.14km E

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