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- ↑ The Ruined Castles of Mid-Lothian: Their Position, Their Families, Their Ruins, and Their History. John Dickson. R.R. Sutherland, 1894. page 169.
- 1 2 Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland (article on Pentland), publ. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, 1853
- ↑ Web site of Scottish Corpora, English Language, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/document/?documentid=1409 retrieved 12 June 2021
- ↑ Historic Scotland (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland) web site, entry on Pentland burial ground http://canmore.org.uk/site/51681 retrieved 12 June 2021
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