East Cairn Hill
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 East Cairn Hill |
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| height | 567 m ASL | |
| location | Scottish Borders , Edinburgh , West Lothian , Scotland | |
| Mountains | Pentland Hills | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 49 '9 " N , 3 ° 23' 36" W | |
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The East Cairnhill is a hill in the Scottish Pentland Hills . With a height of 567 m, it is the third highest elevation and lies on the western flank of the approximately 25 km long chain of hills. The East Cairn Hill has two peaks, of which the higher one is on the east side and the 561 m high side knoll is 800 m to the west.
The borders of three Council Areas , Scottish Borders , West Lothian and Edinburgh meet at the top . The East Cairn Hill marks both the southernmost extension of the Edinburgh region and the easternmost point of West Lothian. The closest settlement is the hamlet of Carlops around six kilometers southeast. West Calder is nine kilometers to the northwest and Penicuik is eleven kilometers to the east. The Cauldstane Slap pass runs at the saddle point between West and East Cairn Hill . The surrounding hills include Wether Law in the southeast and West Cairn Hill in the southwest.
Surroundings
The Cauldstane Slap, a formerly important pass route, runs between East and West Cairn Hill . With a maximum height of 441 m, it connected West Lothian with the Scottish Borders.
There is a cairn near the eastern crest of the East Cairn Hills . This measures 16.7 m at a height of two meters. The Cairn was disturbed by a construction. Another opening in the early 20th century found bone fragments and flint ax tips.
The Harperrig Reservoir is upstream of the western flank . Established in 1860, the reservoir dams the water of the Water of Leith and serves both to supply Edinburgh with water and to regulate the flow of the Water of Leith.
Cairn on the hilltop
Cauldstane Slap between East (left) and West Cairn Hill (right)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on East Cairn Hill in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
