Carnethy Hill

Carnethy Hill
Carnethy Hill
	Carnethy Hill from the path down Scald Law
Highest point
Elevation	573 m (1,880 ft)
Prominence	c. 140 m (459 ft)
Listing	HuMP
Coordinates	55°50′37″N 3°16′22″W / 55.8437°N 3.2727°WCoordinates: 55°50′37″N 3°16′22″W / 55.8437°N 3.2727°W
Geography
	Carnethy Hill Location in Scotland
Location	Midlothian, Scotland
Parent range	Pentland Hills
OS grid	NT204619
Topo map	OS Landranger 66
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

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

^ Carnethy Hill, www.scottish-places.info/
^ 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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[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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