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  EILDON HILLS - LoveToKnow Article on EILDON HILLS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Eildon Tree Stone, a large moss-covered boulder, lying on the high road as it bends towards the west within 2 m.
Bowden, to the south of the hills, was the birthplace of the poets Thomas Aird (1802-1876) and James Thomson, and its parish church contains the burial-place of the dukes of Roxburghe.
Eildon Hall is a seat of the duke of Buccleuch.
56.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EI/EILDON_HILLS.htm   (380 words)

  
 EILDON HILLS - Encyclopedia Britannica - EILDON HILLS - JCSM's Study Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
According to General William Roy (17261790) Trimontiumso called, according to this theory, from the triple Eildon heightswas Old Melrose; other authorities incline to place the station on the northern shore of the Solway Firth.
west side of the hills is Bogle Burn, a streamlet that feeds the Tweed and probably derives its name from his ghostly visitor.
Bowden, to the south of the hills, was the birthplace of the poets Thomas Aird (18021876) and James Thomson, and its parish church contains the burial-place of the dukes of Roxburghe.
jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/ECG_EMS/EILDON_HILLS.html   (526 words)

  
 EILDON HILLS - Online Information article about EILDON HILLS
hill "; but the name is also said to be a corruption of the Cymric moeldun, " bald hill." The See also:
Roy (1726—1790) Trimontium—so called, according to this theory, from the triple Eildon heights—was Old Melrose; other authorities incline to See also:
south of the hills, was the birthplace of the poets Thomas See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EILDON_HILLS.html   (566 words)

  
 More of the Forbes Clan from Aberdeen-shire in Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
His observations led him to the view that a glacier is an imperfect fluid or a viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts.
The lower slopes of the hills are mostly covered with thriving plantations, especially Newe, Candacraig, Inverernan, and Edinglassie.
From Glenernan to the Castle of Corgarff the strath becomes narrower, the mountains rising almost from the stream, with occasional patches of cultivation clumps of planted firs, and copse-wood consisting of birch and aspen trees.
treasuresofbritain.org /ForbesClan2.htm   (4902 words)

  
 PHONOLITE - LoveToKnow Article on PHONOLITE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The majority of the rocks of this group are of Tertiary or Recent age, but in Scotland Carboniferous phonolites occur in several localities, e.g.
Traprain in Haddingtonshire, also in the Eildon Hills and in Renfrewshire.
In Brazil phonolites belonging to the same epoch are also known.
30.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHONOLITE.htm   (826 words)

  
 Scottish Myths and Legends
He lived near the Eildon Hills - where Michael Scot the Wizard instructed three imps to split the single hill into three (it is actually one hill with three peaks).
Thomas is supposed to have met the Fairy Queen in the Eildon Hills and she made him to go to Fairyland for three years.
On his return he had the gift of poetry and prophecy and usually made his prophecies in rhymes, similar to the more well known Nostradamus.
www.rampantscotland.com /features/mythology.htm   (1433 words)

  
 Northern Earth - Index 90 - 99
Raven, David 'The Black Horse of the Howgill Hills' 97/18-20
The Black Horse of the Howgill Hills: David Raven...18
Oddments from the Bizarre: John Billingsley and Carol Nolan...24
www.northernearth.co.uk /cindex9.htm   (1632 words)

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