OS1/11/47/7

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PENTLAND HILLS Pentland Hills
Pentland Hills
Sir G. Clerk, Bart [Baronet] PenicuiK House
Revd [Reverend]S Moncreiff PenicuiK Manse
006 ; 011 ; 012 ; 017 [Situation] Runng. [Running] in a N. E. [North East] & S. W. [South West] direction thro [through] the Centre of the Co [County] of Edinburgh
A range of hills or Mountains Commencing near the locality where the Counties LanarK, Peebles & Midlothian approach each other, and extendS hence in a North East direction terminate in the Farm of Hill, End and Parish of Lasswade, the Surface is generally Smoth heathy And grassy affording excellent pasturage for Sheep, And the under Soil generally presents Granite. Gravel And Rotten WhinStone, the Most of the Hills of this range have independent Names. the principal are Cairnathy, HarpieS Rig [etc?]

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Transcriber's notes

I think "Smoth" is meant to be Smooth.
Unsure of last word.

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Molly Miller

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