Mount Maw
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| Mount Maw | |||
| Peeblesshire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 The South ridge of Mount Maw | |||
| Range: | Pentland Hills | ||
| Summit: | 1,755 feet NT141554 55°47’4"N, 3°22’14"W | ||
Mount Maw is a hill of 1,755 feet in the Pentland Hills. It is in the very north of Peeblesshire, its summit about a mile from the bounds of Midlothian. The summit is marked with a trig point.
The hill stands in the bifurcation of two routes: an ancient Roman road leaves the valley of the Lyne Water and passes to the east of Mount Maw up to Carlops a mile to the east, while the Cross Borders Drove Road, on old drovers' tracks, follows up the upper course of the Lyne to the west, through Baddinsgill.
A subsidiary top, Faw Mount (1,365 feet), stands closer by the farm at Baddinsgill and the river to the south. On the slopes to the north is found a petrifying spring.
