Scott's View

Photo: Scott's View, a viewpoint near Melrose in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Scott's View

© Walter Baxter / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Walter Baxter / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Scott's View

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Walter Scott's favourite Eildon panorama.

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Scott’s View looks out over a great bend of the Tweed to the three peaks of the Eildon Hills, and was said to be Sir Walter Scott’s favourite outlook — the story goes his funeral horses paused here from habit on the way to Dryburgh. It’s an easy roadside stop, open year-round, with the Wallace statue and Scott’s grave at Dryburgh Abbey close by.

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