Peniel Heugh

The Waterloo Monument near Ancrum in the Scottish Borders is a 150-foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. It was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, after the original monument collapsed. The monument stands on a small Plateau, atop the 781ft hill “Peniel Heugh”. Inside the monument is a 228 step spiral staircase (not for the faint hearted) leading to the balcony which encircles the top of the tower, giving a superb 360deg view of the surrounding Scottish Borders countryside.