South Black Hill
| South Black Hill | ||
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 View of South Black Hill |
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| height | 563 m ASL | |
| location | Midlothian , Scotland | |
| Mountains | Pentland Hills | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 49 '52 " N , 3 ° 17' 36" W | |
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The South Black Hill is a hill in the chain of the Pentland Hills . It is located in the west of the Scottish Council Area Midlothian on the eastern flank of the approximately 25 km long range of hills. With a height of 534 m, South Black Hill is the fourth highest point in the Pentlands. It is four kilometers west of the small town of Penicuik and five kilometers north of the hamlet of Carlops . The neighboring hills are East and West Kip in the west and the Scald Law , the highest point in the Pentlands, in the north.
Surroundings
In the middle of the 19th century, the discovery of bronze weapons was reported between the Kips, Braid Law and South Black Hill not far from Eastside Farm . However, nothing is known about their whereabouts. A Neolithic ax with a length of 115 cm was found 500 m northeast in 2002 .
There was likely once a cross along the path between East Kip and Scald Law, on the slopes of South Black Hill. The 90 m × 85 m foundation was removed by a local farmer in the 19th century.
The remains of an Iron Age hill fort can be found on a flat hill on the southeast flank . It was used and expanded until the time of the Roman occupation of Britain. First of all, a wooden palisade attached the oval, 230 m × 175 m in diameter. A second was added later. A Roman road ran not far from the complex . Its course and destination are not clearly identified. It is believed, however, that it is largely overlaid by today's A702 , which runs along the eastern flank of the Pentland Hills .
Summit of South Black Hill
Path between Scald Law and South Black Hill
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 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 Cross Sward in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Braidwood in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Border in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
