Hill walk routes to climb in SW Scotland
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Around St Mary's Loch
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Here is a link to information about Smailholm Tower near Kelso which is in the care of Historic Scotland. It is a peel tower like Dryhope but it is in a better state of repair than Dryhope and so would give you a better impression of what the interior of such a tower would have been like. It contains an award winning permanent exhibition of tableaux dealing with both Sir Walter Scott and the Border Ballads. These are laid out on the three upper floors of the building and there is an hour-long personal audio facility free of charge which accompanies the exhibition providing both information and the music of the ballads.
The first picture below shows the new stairway going up to the top level and some of the reinforcing that has been done to the building.
The third picture shows the stalactites coming down from beneath that 4th level floor - ceiling of what was once the third floor in other words.
