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Eildon Hills

Melrose, Scottish Borders

Where Thomas the Rhymer met the Queen of Elfland.

The three-peaked Eildon Hills are full of legend. Thomas the Rhymer, a real 13th-century poet, was said to have met the Queen of Elfland under the Eildon Tree and spent seven years in her kingdom.

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When
Legend
Where
55.5820, -2.7100
Group
Legends

Visiting

Paths climb from Melrose, by the abbey.

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