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Lammermuir Hills

Lammermuir Hills , range of hills, East Lothian and Scottish Borders, SE Scotland. Meikle Says Law (1,749 ft/533 m) is the highest point. Sheep are grazed in the hills.

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Lammermuir Hills

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Lammermuir Hills E. Loth. Lombormore 800. ‘Hills by the moor where lambs graze’. OE lamb (genitive plural lambra) + mōr.

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Lothian

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Lothian Region in e central Scotland, bounded n by the Firth of Forth, e by the North Sea, and s by the Lammermuir, Moorfoot and Pentland Hills; the capital is Edinburgh. Industries: coal-mining, engineering, whisky distilling. Area: 1755sq km (677sq mi). Pop. (2001 est.) 779,180.

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