The Top 13 Natural Monuments around Galashiels
Galashiels’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 13
beautiful natural monuments around Galashiels. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Galashiels. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: December 19, 2025
Eildon Hill North
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The three shapely summits of the Eildon Hills are an iconic part of the Scottish Borders landscape and afford breathtaking views. Excavations have found evidence that the hill fort was occupied in the Bronze Age.
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Eildon Mid Hill Summit
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Legend has it that the triumvirate of peaks that form the Eildon Hills were split asunder by a wizard named Michael Scot with the assistance of an idle devilish spirit. …
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Crystal Well Pump House
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Crystal Well is the romantic name for the spring here, which was a good source of water for the Benrig House at the top of the hill. In the mid-1800s, …
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Priorwood Orchard
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In the orchard of the garden you can admire numerous apple varieties, some of which are still rare today.
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New Cairn
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It is worth stopping at this cairn to admire the views in all directions - back to the north toward Galashiels and then to the south to Yair Hill Forest. Beautiful!
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