Looking down on the cliff fort, centre, from the slopes of St Abb’s Head. The excellent Earn’s Heagh double cliff fort is atop the cliffs to the far right, Coldingham Loch hillfort out of site a little further on.
The cliff fort occupies the short headland just to the left of centre. Presumably it was larger originally and coastal erosion has washed the rest away.
The view from the mound down to the River Tweed and Dryburgh suspension bridge.
The view of the Eildon Hills from the top of Bass Hill.
Bass Hill and the Temple of the Muse.
Eildon Hills from the SSE, near Whitelee on St Cuthbert’s Way.
Black Hill rises prominently from the surrounding lowlands. See from the neighbouring hillfort of Eildon Hill North. The River Tweed can be seen at the bottom of the image.
Eildon Hill North from the summit of Eildon Wester Hill.
Eildon Mid Hill and Eildon Hill North from the summit of Eildon Wester Hill.
Looking up towards the summit of Eildon Mid Hill from the cairn.
Looking northwest from Eildon Mid Hill cairn. The monument is a lovely pinkish red sandstone.
Eildon Mid Hill cairn, looking down on Bowdenmoor reservoir. The cairn’s footprint extends under the heather where I was standing.
Looking down on the Eildon Mid Hill cairn from the summit.
Eildon Hill North, the ramparts clearly visible around the hill, from Eildon Mid Hill.
One of the windiest places I’ve ever been, looking towards Eildon Wester Hill and Eildon Mid Hill from the flank of Eildon Hill North while trying not to be blown over.
Looking southeast over the rampart of Eildon Hill North towards Newtown St Boswells.
From Canmore:
Numerous interments of human bodies were found, all of them regularly placed, and many of them in Gaelic sarcophagi of four pieces of thin stone. In 1812 was found on the Bass a stone hatchet, among ashes. The site was probably a Bronze Age burial site.
(D Erskine 1828)
A natural mound with an artificial mound on top. To the W and S the artificial mound is indistinguishable from the natural steep slope towards the river. A modern construction called ‘The Temple of the Muse’ in memory of the poet Thomson, is built on top of this artificial mound, which was probably erected to form a base for it.
Hindwell Farm II barrow, a low unploughed mound in the field, seen from the road to the west. The conical hill rising behind is Burfa Camp hillfort.
Looking east towards the conical (from this angle) Burfa Camp hillfort.
Towards The Whimble and Bache Hill.
The excellent retrospective view from Bache Hill II to the barrows on the Whimble, above Winyard Rocks and the summit.
Bache Hill II, the easternmost of the 5 barrows on the hill. Looking southeast.
The magnificent summit barrow, I always enjoy my visits to this site.
Bache Hill III in the foreground, looking WSW towards the barrows on The Whimble and the pair above Winyard Rocks.
Bache Hill III, located on the ridge between the summit barrows and the two barrows above Winyard Rocks. Looking southeast towards Herefordshire.
The barrow on The Whimble and the nearer of the two barrows on the western spur of Bache Hill above Winyard Rocks, seen from near Bache Hill III round barrow.
Sadly the idiots on motorbikes are still riding right over the monument.
Looking down Ystol Bach Brook towards The Whimble, its large round barrow clearly silhouetted on the summit.
Winyard Rocks from the bridleway above Ystol Bach Brook to the southwest. The two round barrows are on top of the hill, but set back so as to be out of site from below.
The Whimble from Mynydd yr Eithin to the west.
