Turnhouse Hill
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| height | 506 m ASL | |
| location | Midlothian , Scotland | |
| Mountains | Pentland Hills | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 51 '3 " N , 3 ° 15' 33" W | |
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The Turnhouse Hill is a hill in the Pentland Hills . The 506 m high elevation lies in the west of the Scottish Council Area Midlothian on the eastern flank of the approximately 25 km long range of hills. The small town of Penicuik is located around three kilometers southeast. The neighboring hills are Bell's Hill in the northwest, Castlelaw Hill in the northeast and Carnethy Hill in the southwest.
Surroundings
The Logan Burn , which has already been dammed up a short distance upstream to the Loganlea Reservoir, runs along the northwest flank . In 1824, the first reservoir along the creek, the Glencorse Reservoir, was completed. It hugs the northwest and northeast flanks of the Turnhouse Hills. The water is used to supply Edinburgh with drinking water . Historically, it was also used to maintain a constant flow of water from the North Esk to power the numerous mills along the river. The A702 trunk road (Edinburgh - St John's Town of Dalry ) runs along the south-west flank .
Archaeological finds
At the beginning of the 1990s, a Bronze Age ax was found on the southwest flank at an altitude of 450 meters. It has been placed in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland . A knife struck from flint was discovered on the northeast flank.
The remains of a Promontory Fort can be found on an edge above Rullion Green . A surrounding wall, which is still preserved today up to a height of 1.7 m, enclosed an oval area with axis lengths of 85 and 60 m respectively. The wall was fortified with a palisade . The remains of a round hut can be seen inside. The facility is classified as a Scheduled Monument .
Battle of Rullion Green
The Rullion Green open space is on the southeast slopes of Turnhouse Hill. There took place on November 28, 1666 with the Battle of Rullion Green one of the decisive battles between royalist troops and the Covenantern . The Covenanters were subject to the Royalists under Tam Dalyell of the Binns . Traces of the battle are still visible in the landscape.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Carnethy Hill in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Rullion Green in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Turnhouse Hill in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Rullion Green in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information from Historic Scotland
