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Location: Eildon Hills
Town: Melrose
Information: The Eildon Hills lie just outside Melrose and overlook the town. Excavations have found that the Eildons provided a hill fort in the Bronze ages. In 1 AD the Romans built a huge fort at Trimontium, so called because of the three peaks of the Eildons, at the foot of the Eildons by the Tweed. Eildon is said to be a "hollow hill", and is mentioned in the legend of Thomas the Rhymer. Some believe Thomas went under the hill itself, and certainly part of the ballad occurs in the vicinity.
The volcanic rock was supposedly split in three by the wizard Michael Scot "when he was out of employment".
Photos: http://www.edinfilm.com/locations/Eildon-Hills
Titles: Arthur | Under the Beacon Lights | Strange Tales of the Borders (Old and New) | The Hunt of Eildon | True Thomas |
Authors: Thomas Learmonth of Ercildoune (True Thomas/Thomas The Rhymer) | Michael Scott (The Wizard) |
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Home | Location detail page
Location: Eildon Hills
Town: Melrose
Information: The Eildon Hills lie just outside Melrose and overlook the town. Excavations have found that the Eildons provided a hill fort in the Bronze ages. In 1 AD the Romans built a huge fort at Trimontium, so called because of the three peaks of the Eildons, at the foot of the Eildons by the Tweed. Eildon is said to be a "hollow hill", and is mentioned in the legend of Thomas the Rhymer. Some believe Thomas went under the hill itself, and certainly part of the ballad occurs in the vicinity.
The volcanic rock was supposedly split in three by the wizard Michael Scot "when he was out of employment".
Photos: http://www.edinfilm.com/locations/Eildon-Hills
Titles: Arthur | Under the Beacon Lights | Strange Tales of the Borders (Old and New) | The Hunt of Eildon | True Thomas |
Authors: Thomas Learmonth of Ercildoune (True Thomas/Thomas The Rhymer) | Michael Scott (The Wizard) |
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009