PENTLAND, a village (small), in the parish of Lasswade,
county of Edinburgh, 2 miles {vf.) from the
village of Lasswade. This place, which is in the district
of Pentland of the parish, on the borders of Liberton,
is chiefly the property of Mrs. Gibsone, of Pentland
House, an elegant mansion finely situated; and a handsome
school-house has been erected here by that lady,
with a dwelling for the master, to whom she allows a
salary of £20 per annum. The adjacent mountainous
ridge of the Pentland hills commences about four miles
south-west of Edinburgh, and extends for a considerable
distance towards the western borders of the county,
some of the highest elevations being upwards of I7OO
feet above the level of the sea.