This 6 metre tall obelisk was erected by the 9th Earl of Hume in memory of his son William, Lord Dunglass, who was killed in the Battle of Guildford, North Carolina, during the American War of Independence.

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Elevation 40 m

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1. Hirsel Lake and The Dunglass Obelisk loop from Coldstream — Roxburghshire

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