Garleton Hills

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title: "Garleton Hills" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-and-hills-of-east-lothian", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-scotland", "mountain-ranges-of-scotland"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garleton_Hills" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Garleton Hills
photo	Garleton Hills.jpg
photo_caption	Garleton Hills and Hopetoun Monument
highest	Skid Hill
elevation_m	186
elevation_ref
prominence	98
country	United Kingdom
location	East Lothian
map	Scotland
map_caption	Location in Scotland
coordinates
region	Scotland
age	Carboniferous
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| name = Garleton Hills | photo = Garleton Hills.jpg | photo_caption = Garleton Hills and Hopetoun Monument | highest = Skid Hill | elevation_m = 186 | elevation_ref = | prominence = 98 | parent = | country = United Kingdom | location = East Lothian | range = | map = Scotland | map_caption = Location in Scotland | coordinates = | region = Scotland | topo = | type = | age = Carboniferous The Garleton Hills, in East Lothian, Scotland, are a range of igneous hills, to the north of Haddington.

Geography

Although Skid Hill, the highest point of the range, is only 610 ft, the hills are conspicuous throughout the county. The western spur is crowned by the Hopetoun Monument to John, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, who commanded the British Army in the Peninsular War, after the death of Sir John Moore at Corunna. Barnes Castle is built on south, while Garleton Castle is on the north slopes.

Geology

The Garleton Hills create an obvious ridge, from the top of the ridge there are wide views over the lower lying areas of East Lothian. The hills are made up of layers of igneous rocks from the Carboniferous

The hills are designated by Scottish Natural Heritage as a Geological Conservation Review site (nr. 1155) and as Site of Special Scientific Interest by the British Geological Survey as Site of Special Scientific Interest (code of the site: 671).

References

References

1. Munro, David M.. (2006). "Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes". Collins.
2. link. "Skid Hill"
3. (1975). "The Geology of the Lothians and south east Scotland: an excursion guide". Edinburgh Geological Society, Scottish Academic Press Ltd.
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5. "History of the Hope Family". Hopetoun.
6. {{Historic Environment Scotland
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8. "Garleton Hill".
9. "Key earth science sites: E Lothian".
10. "OR/14/063 East Lothian's geoheritage". [[British Geological Survey]] (BGS).

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