Carnethy Hill

Carnethy Hill
Carnethy Hill from the path down Scald Law
Highest point
Elevation573 m (1,880 ft)
Prominencec. 140 m (459 ft)
ListingHuMP
Coordinates55°50′37″N 3°16′22″W / 55.8437°N 3.2727°W / 55.8437; -3.2727
Geography
Carnethy Hill is located in Scotland
Carnethy Hill
Carnethy Hill
Location in Scotland
LocationMidlothian, Scotland
Parent rangePentland Hills
OS gridNT204619
Topo mapOS Landranger 66
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Carnethy Hill, the second highest of the Pentland Hills, is a hill 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Penicuik, Scotland.

It lends its name to the Carnethy 5 hill race held annually since 1971, and the Carnethy Hill Running Club.[1] Loganlea Reservoir lies on the northwest flank of the hill.

Etymology

Carnethy is probably etymologically a Cumbric name. The main suggestion in past scholarship is that it is cognate with Welsh carneddau, 'cairns'.[2]

References

Media related to Carnethy Hill at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ Carnethy Hill, www.scottish-places.info/
  2. ^ Bethany Fox, University of Helsinki; The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland, The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), www.heroicage.org (appendix at www.heroicage.org).


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