Volume contents
| 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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List of Names collected by 2nd. Corpl. [Corporal] Mechan R.S.M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st October.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 30 - Parishes of Currie, Penicuik and Kirkliston, OS1/11/30
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Currie, Penicuik, and Kirkliston.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.