Carnethy Hill

{{Short description|Hill in Midlothian, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Carnethy Hill | image = Carnethy Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1428294.jpg | image_caption = Carnethy Hill from the path down Scald Law | elevation_m = 573 | elevation_ref = | prominence = ''c.'' 140 m (459 ft) | prominence_ref = | range = Pentland Hills | listing = HuMP | location = Midlothian, Scotland | map = Scotland | map_caption = Location in Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|55.8437|N|3.2727|W|region:GB_scale:20000_type:mountain|display=inline,title}} | grid_ref_UK = NT204619 | topo = OS ''Landranger'' 66 | 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.<ref>''Carnethy Hill'', [http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst384.html www.scottish-places.info/]</ref> 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'.<ref>Bethany Fox, University of Helsinki; ''The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland'', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), [http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html www.heroicage.org] (appendix at [http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html www.heroicage.org]).</ref>

==References== {{commons category-inline}} {{Portal|Scotland}} {{reflist}}

Category:Mountains and hills of Midlothian Category:Hills of the Scottish Midland Valley