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Lammermuirs

The Lammermuirs are a range of hills in southern , forming a natural boundary between and the . The name Lammermuir comes from the Old English lambra mōr, meaning "moorland of the lambs".
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Photo: Renata, Public domain.
  • Type: Region
  • Description: range of hills in southern Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Lammermoors” and “Lammermuir Hills”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Black Castle and Hopes House.

Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, East Lothian is an Iron Age hillfort with a number of defensive banks, located 5 kilometres south-east of , , .

Building
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gifford and Addinston.

Village
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the parish of Yester in , Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of and 25 miles east of . It groups around the Colstoun Water at the junction of the B6369 and B6355 surrounded by rural farmland.

Hamlet
is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts and settlements, in in the area of , in the former .

Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the B6355 road, near , in the area of , in the former . Of Castle only the tower remains, at Farm on Hill.

Lammermuirs

Latitude
55.8324° or 55° 49′ 57″ north
Longitude
-2.6536° or 2° 39′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C7VR8JW+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1317710479
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q1216412
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Lammermuirs” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lammermuir Hills”
  • Dutch: “Lammermuir Hills”
  • Dutch: “Lammermuir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لاميرمويرز”
  • French: “Lammermuir Hills”
  • French: “Lammermuir”
  • Italian: “Colline di Lammermuir”
  • Italian: “Lammermuir Hills”
  • Italian: “Lammermuir”
  • Latin: “Lamyrii Montes”
  • Lithuanian: “Lamermjūro kalvos”
  • Russian: “Ламмермур-Хилс”
  • Russian: “Ламмермур”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Lomair Mòr”
  • Spanish: “Lammermuir Hills”
  • Spanish: “Lammermuirs”
  • Swedish: “Lammermuir Hills”
  • Venetian: “Lammermuir”

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Highlights include Little Law and Meikle Law.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lammermuirs”. Photo: Renata, Public domain.