Old travel Blog photograph of Torduff waterfall in the Pentland Hills, South West of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Pentland Hills Regional Park was designated in 1986. It covers an area of 35 square miles at the northern end of the hills. The park, together with the rest of the hills, are used for a variety of recreational activities including hillwalking, mountain biking, horse riding, golf and skiing at the artificial ski slope at the Midlothian Snowsports Centre. The hills were the scene of an incident in 1666 following the Restoration of King Charles II when an outbreak of armed rebellion amongst Covenanters led to a small force of badly armed conventiclers being defeated at the battle of Rullion Green, after which the whole tragic episode was named the Pentland Rising. The incident is commemorated by the Covenanter's Grave, a cairn after which one of the drove roads across the hills is known.
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