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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENTLAND HILLS | Pentland Hills | Sir George Clerk, Bart. [Baronet], Penicuik House Revd. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff, Penicuik Manse |
A range pf lofty hills or mountains commencing in the locality where the counties of Lanark, Peebles and Midlothian approach each other and running in a north easterly direction into Edinburghshire at an elevation of 1600 or 1700 feet above the sea at Leith. They terminate upon the farm of Hillend in the north western extremity of Lasswade Parish. The surface is generally smooth heathy and grassy moorland affording good pastorage for sheep. The geological formation of this range as far as has been ascertained is in general whinstone and granite, with other specimens of primitive rock and great portions of gravel. The range after entering the Parish of Penicuik takes the character of a group with several passes or valleys intervening. The principal of which is the vale through which Logan Burn meanders. "Harper's Rig" Scald Law and Carnathy Hill are the highest of the components of the range, the latter being the loftiest hill in Midlothian. |
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15000. - Sept. 1848. No. 136 39List of Names collected by 2nd. Corpl. [Corporal] Mechan R.S.M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st October.
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