Edin's Hall |
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Edin's Hall |
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How to get there |
Coming from the north-west over the B6355: follow this road through the Whiteadder valley. Approximately 3.5 km after the road leaves the river behind, turn left into a small road signposted for Abbey St Bathans. Follow this road for about 5 kilometers until you pass a lumberyard at your left. This is a good place to leave your car.
Coming from the A6105: in Duns turn north onto the A6112. After approximately two kilometers turn left onto the B6365, which merges with the B6355. One kilometer further (4.5 km from the A6112) turn right into a small road signposted for Abbey St Bathans. Follow this road for about 5 kilometers until you pass a lumberyard at your left. This is a good place to leave your car.
Route description |
Walk back along the road, with the Whiteadder Water at your left, until you reach a white diamond shaped marker, reading TOOT, and a signpost for Edin's Hall Broch. Follow the footpath to the broch, which crosses a small stream and then continues along a hillside covered in ferns. Gradually the path climbs out of the valley to join another footpath at a second signpost. Turn left and after approximately 50 meters turn right at a third signpost, which also points you to Edin's Hall Broch.
After about 150 meters you reach the broch. Once past the broch the footpath leads you downhill to a kissing gate in a dry stone wall. Go through the gate and continue along the edge of the field, with trees at your left. Cross the stile into the next field and continue along the edge of this field.
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Soon the hillside starts to form two distinct terraces along the Whiteadder Water; continue along the edge of the upper terrace until you reach another dry stone wall. Do not cross the stile, but instead turn left and follow the wall until it reaches the edge of the lower terrace. Turn right through a gate and follow the path over the lower terrace. Where the path splits in two, ignore the left branch, which leads to a gate. Instead follow the right branch, which goes somewhat uphill. After a short distance there is a nice view to the left over a curve in the Whiteadder Water, spanned by a suspension bridge. Turn right and walk along the edge of the field. Gradually you will start to notice that you are on a path, which leads you more or less level along the hillside. Once you have gone through a gate the path becomes a dirt track. Follow this track through a number of fields and past some farm buildings (Cockburn East). About 1.5 kilometer past these farm buildings the track joins a tarmac road, passing through Cockburn Farm. Immediately after the farm buildings a concrete track leads uphill to the right. Follow this track, which soon becomes a dirt track. Once the track starts to level out, stop for a moment to enjoy the view behind you. Slightly left from the track's direction lies Duns Law, hiding the village of Duns from view. In the distance, on the other side of the Tweed valley, the Cheviot Hills mark the location of the Scottish/English border. And more towards the left you can see the distant North Sea. Continue to follow the track, which soon becomes less and less well defined and starts to go downhill. On the next ridge of hills you can see three small plantations, with the rightmost one straight ahead of you. When the track has completely disappeared, continue to walk in the direction of this plantation. At the bottom of the hill a line of trees begins, lining the road to Abbey St Bathans. Aim for the gate in this tree line. But before passing the gate you have to cross a small stream without a bridge. This is probably done easiest about ten meters to the right of the gate, where a one meter step or jump saves you from getting your feet wet. Once you are through the gate, negotiate your way through some ten meters of trees to reach the tarmac road. (Alternatively you can cross the stream, walk left to the end of the trees and climb over the dry stone wall to reach the road. Be careful not to dislodge the stones in the wall if you do this!) Turn right on the tarmac road and follow it back to the lumberyard where you started the walk. |
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