Around 800 years ago, the monks of Melrose Abbey erected a stone at this spot, beside the Dere Street Roman road. By 1372 the stone was known as Lylliot Cross …
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, …
These crags, rising very obviously above the area, are what remains of a very old volcano. Believe it or not, but there is a theory that at the time when …