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Minto Craigs [Minto Crags]
Skene, James, 1815, Watercolour
Minto Craigs [Minto Crags]
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Minto Craigs [Minto Crags]
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A pathway winds its way up between a steep craggy hill and a rocky pillar formation below a cloudy sky.
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Skene, James
Date
1815
Size
25.2 x 16.7 cm
Type
Watercolour
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Minto Craigs or Minto Crags is a rocky hill in the Scottish Borders above the River Teviot. It reaches 730 feet tall. Minto Crags is mentioned in the poem 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' by Sir Walter Scott.
The title on watercolour is 'Minto, Roxburghshire'
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