Braid Law
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 Braid Law crest |
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| height | 436 m | |
| location | Midlothian , Scotland | |
| Mountains | Pentland Hills | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 49 ′ 16 ″ N , 3 ° 18 ′ 23 ″ W | |
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The Braid Law is a 436 m high hill in the chain of the Pentland Hills . It is located in the west of the Scottish Council Area Midlothian on the eastern flank in the center of the approximately 25 km long range of hills. The hamlet of Carlops is around 4 km south; the small town of Penicuik 5.5 kilometers east. The North Esk Reservoir was dammed about three kilometers to the southwest . The neighboring hills are the Cap Law in the west and West and East Kip and South Black Hill in the north.
Surroundings
A cross was once erected on the ridge between Green Law, Cap Law and Braid Law. After its destroyed, ornamented shaft was still in place at the beginning of the 19th century, today only the approximately 1 m × 0.7 m measuring base plate is preserved. It was probably on Monk's Road , an established path the monks used on their way to Dunfermline Abbey , crossing the Firth of Forth at what is now South Queensferry .
In the middle of the 19th century, the discovery of bronze weapons on the north slope of Braid Law not far from Eastside Farm was reported. However, nothing is known about their whereabouts. A Neolithic ax with a length of 115 cm was found 500 m northeast in 2002 .
Further traces of earlier settlement can be found on the southern slopes of Braid Law. In a trough on the south side is a 6.4 m × 5.2 m large Cairn .
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Monks in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ S. Falconer: The Pentland Hills: A Walker's Guide , Cicerone Press, 2007, pp. 108-109. ISBN 978-1-85-284494-3 .
- ↑ Entry on Eastside in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Eastside in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Scroggy Hill in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ a b Entry on Pillar Knowe in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)