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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMMERMOOR HILLS | Lammermoor Hills | Fullerton's Gazetteer Scotland Map of Berwickshire Map of Scotland |
003 ; 004 ; 009 ; 010 | A broad range of Moorish heights Stretching Eastwards from the Gala Water, in the South Eastern extremity of Mid Lothian to the German Ocean at the promontories of Fast Castle Earlscleugh, & St. Abbs Head in the parish of Coldingham Berwickshire. The Lammermoors all lie within East Lothian & Berwickshire; Commencing at their extreme western limit - forming for two-thirds of their extent a Southern screen, or belt, of uplands to Midlothian - & Constituting, if the Lammermoor portion of Lauderdale be included - nearly half of Berwickshire. The Lammermoors are, in themselves, an extensive range of, for the most part, wild, cheerless, unsightly heights - nowhere bold & imposing in aspect, & after Subsiding into low rolling Table-lands - of bleak moor - They were at one time Clothed with Forests & must have been as bewildering to the Traveller as grandly Sylvan in their Vast Contribution to their landscape. They |
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