Pentland Hills

Pentland Hills, in the Lowlands of Scotland, extend 16 miles south-westward from a point 3 miles south of Edinburgh, through the counties of Midlothian, Peebles, and Lanark, have a breadth of 4 to 6 miles, and attain a maximum height in Carnethy (1890 feet) and Scald Law (1898). In the battle of the Pentlands or Rullion Green, 2 miles NNW. of Penicuik, Sir Thomas Dalzell routed 900 westland Covenanters, 28th November 1666.