 The views from both summits, due to their prominence, are magnificent, stretching from the Highlands to the Borders, with the sea in the east.Beneath the northern slopes of the escarpment lies Falkland Estate, an area of forest (now commercial plantation), where the kings of Scotland would have hunted whilst staying at nearby Falkland Palace.The present custodian of the palace is Ninian Crichton-Stuart, brother of the Marquess of Bute.