Moorfoot Hills

Moorfoot Hills
View of the southwest flank of the Moorfoot Hills
Highest peak	Windlestraw Law ( 659  m ASL )
location	Scotland
Coordinates	55 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  W
Age of the rock	approx. 420 million years

The Moorfoot Hills are a hilly area of ​​the Southern Uplands in Scotland . They extend for about 20 km between Peebles in the southwest and Tynehead in the northeast. Administratively, the Moorfoot Hills are essentially in the Scottish Borders , but the peaks along the northwest flank mark the border with Midlothian . Historically, this is where the border between Edinburghshire and Peeblesshire ran . The Moorfoot Hills lie between the Pentland Hills in the west and the Lammermuir Hills in the northeast.

description

The hilly area originated in the late Silurian , about 420 million years ago. To the west the valley of Eddleston Water , to the east that of Gala Water limits the hill area. Both rivers flow into the Tweed , which runs along the southern flank. The group of hills consists of separated or grouped, mostly grassy hills without a continuous ridge . The highest point is the 659 m high Windlestraw Law .

Summit of the Moorfoot Hills

Surname	height	Council Area	image
Windlestraw Law 55 ° 40 ′ 38.6 "  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 7.1"  W.	659 m	Scottish Borders
Bareback Knowe 55 ° 40 ′ 4.2 ″  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 55.6 ″  W.	656 m	Scottish Borders
Blackhope Scar 55 ° 43 ′ 24.1 ″  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 31.1 ″  W.	651 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
Bowbeat Hill 55 ° 42 ′ 37.5 "  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 37.4"  W.	626 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
Whitehope Law 55 ° 41 '22.9 "  N , 3 ° 3' 58.9"  W.	623 m	Scottish Borders
Dundreich 55 ° 43 '47 .2 "  N , 3 ° 9' 23.6"  W.	622 m	Scottish Borders
Emly Bank 55 ° 42 ′ 53.5 "  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 13.6"  W.	605 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
Dunslair Heights 55 ° 40 '50 .7 "  N , 3 ° 8' 4.3"  W.	602 m	Scottish Borders
Totto Hill 55 ° 41 ′ 44.6 "  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 57.8"  W.	601 m	Scottish Borders
Eastside Heights 55 ° 42 ′ 8 ″  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 37 ″  W.	593 m	Scottish Borders
Cardon Law 55 ° 41 ′ 54.5 "  N , 3 ° 8 ′ 57.8"  W.	588 m	Scottish Borders
Makeness Kipps 55 ° 41 ′ 19.3 ″  N , 3 ° 8 ′ 37.2 ″  W.	583 m	Scottish Borders
Scawd Law 55 ° 39 ′ 13.2 "  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 22.1"  W.	549 m	Scottish Borders
Priesthope Hill 55 ° 38 '55.8 "  N , 3 ° 2' 0.2"  W.	543 m	Scottish Borders
Seathope Law 55 ° 39 ′ 8.2 "  N , 2 ° 58 ′ 41.9"  W.	542 m	Scottish Borders
Rawburn Head 55 ° 43 ′ 8 "  N , 2 ° 59 ′ 34"  W.	542 m	Scottish Borders
The Kipps 55 ° 44 ′ 19 ″  N , 3 ° 6 ′ 30.6 ″  W.	542 m	Midlothian
Clog Knowe 55 ° 39 ′ 58.1 ″  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 42.5 ″  W.	541 m	Scottish Borders
Black Law 55 ° 40 ′ 2.6 ″  N , 3 ° 6 ′ 3.7 ″  W.	538 m	Scottish Borders
Huntly Cot Hill 55 ° 44 ′ 44.7 "  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 40.4"  W.	531 m	Midlothian
Black Knowe 55 ° 39 ′ 27.8 ″  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 12 ″  W.	522 m	Scottish Borders
Mauldslie Hill 55 ° 45 ′ 16 "  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 56"  W.	513 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
Yardstone Knowe 55 ° 40 ′ 12.4 "  N , 2 ° 55 ′ 53.8"  W.	513 m	Scottish Borders
Garvald Law 55 ° 44 ′ 16 ″  N , 3 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  W.	512 m	Scottish Borders
Great Law 55 ° 39 ′ 42.5 "  N , 2 ° 56 ′ 28.7"  W.	509 m	Scottish Borders
Dunlee Hill 55 ° 40 ′ 32.9 "  N , 2 ° 56 ′ 22"  W.	505 m	Scottish Borders
Stony Knowe 55 ° 38 ′ 43.3 "  N , 2 ° 57 ′ 49.7"  W.	505 m	Scottish Borders
Lee Pen 55 ° 38 '10.7 "  N , 3 ° 4' 20"  W.	502 m	Scottish Borders
Maiden Law 55 ° 39 ′ 40.2 "  N , 2 ° 58 ′ 6.4"  W.	502 m	Scottish Borders
Ferniehirst Hill 55 ° 40 ′ 4 ″  N , 2 ° 54 ′ 54 ″  W.	501 m	Scottish Borders
Dod Law 55 ° 44 ′ 53.2 "  N , 2 ° 59 ′ 50.6"  W.	473 m	Scottish Borders
Torfichen Hill 55 ° 45 ′ 46.8 ″  N , 3 ° 3 ′ 36 ″  W.	460 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
Broad Law 55 ° 46 ′ 21.2 "  N , 3 ° 2 ′ 52.4"  W.	450 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
The Struther 55 ° 43 '5 "  N , 2 ° 57' 28"  W.	438 m	Scottish Borders
Hog Hill 55 ° 44 ′ 49.4 "  N , 3 ° 8 ′ 56.9"  W.	434 m	Midlothian
Dod Hill 55 ° 40 ′ 10.6 "  N , 3 ° 3 ′ 30.2"  W.	433 m	Scottish Borders
Carcant Hill 55 ° 45 ′ 47 "  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 14.6"  W.	425 m	Scottish Borders
Watherston Hill 55 ° 42 ′ 32 "  N , 2 ° 55 ′ 10"  W.	414 m	Scottish Borders
Kirn Law 55 ° 39 '24.6 "  N , 3 ° 7' 27.8"  W.	412 m	Scottish Borders
Ruther Law 55 ° 47 ′ 21.8 "  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 11"  W.	383 m	Scottish Borders / Midlothian
Bowshank Hill 55 ° 39 ′ 10 "  N , 2 ° 53 ′ 55.3"  W.	379 m	Scottish Borders
Knowes Hill 55 ° 38 ′ 6.6 "  N , 2 ° 53 ′ 43.2"  W.	374 m	Scottish Borders
Hog Hill 55 ° 42 ′ 34.1 "  N , 3 ° 11 ′ 11.4"  W.	350 m	Scottish Borders
Ven Law 55 ° 39 '25.4 "  N , 3 ° 10' 47.5"  W.	325 m	Scottish Borders
Castle Hill 55 ° 38 ′ 56.7 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 36.2 ″  W.	324 m	Scottish Borders

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