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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMMERMOOR HILLS | Lammermoor Hills | Map of Berwickshire Fullertons Gazetteer Scotland New Statistical account of Berwickshire |
013; 019 | A broad range of Moorish heights Stretching Eastward from the vale of Gala Water in the s [south] east of Mid Lothian, to the German Ocean at 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 mid-Lothian; and constituting - if the Lammermoor part of Lauderdale be included - nearly one half of Berwickshire. The Lammermoors, are, in themselves, are extensive curvature of, for the most part, wild, cheerless, unsightly heights, nowhere bold and imposing in aspect, and often subsiding into low rolling Table-lands of bleak moor. The were at one time clothed with Forest, & must have been as bewildering to the Traveller, as grandly sylvan in their Vast Contribution to the Landscape. [Continued on page 10] |
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