Ettrick Pen, a mountain on the mutual border of Ettrick parish, Selkirkshire, and Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire, at the sources of Ettrick Water and the White Esk, 2¼ miles ENE of Capel Fell, and 7¼ ENE of Moffat. A central height of the Southern Highlands, it attains an altitude of 2269 feet above sea-level, and commands round three-fourths of a circle a very extensive prospect; yet it is so hidden in the intervening segment, by mountains of similar altitude to itself, as to make but a slight figure in the general landscape.Ord. Sur., sh. 16, 1864.
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