List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Mid and East Lothian
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The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Mid and East Lothian
Area of Search
, in Scotland. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Auchencorth Moss
East Lothian
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....
Area of Search
Area of Search
Areas of Search are geographical areas used in the selection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest. In England these are largely based on the 1974–1996 administrative counties...
, in Scotland. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
- Aberlady Bay LNR
Auchencorth Moss
- Bangley Quarry
- Barns Ness Coast
- Bass RockBass RockThe Bass Rock, or simply The Bass, , is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. It is approximately offshore, and north-east of North Berwick. It is a steep-sided volcanic rock, at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets...
- Bilston Burn
- Black Burn
- Crichton Glen
- DalkeithDalkeithDalkeith is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the River North Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540...
Oakwood - Danskine Loch
- Dundreich Plateau
- Fala Flow
- Firth of ForthFirth of ForthThe Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian to the south...
- Forth Islands
- Garleton hillsGarleton HillsThe Garleton Hills, in East Lothian, Scotland, are a range of igneous hills, to the north of Haddington, formed largely from Carboniferous tuffs and trachytic lavas. Although the highest point is only , the hills are conspicuous throughout the county...
- Gladhouse ReservoirGladhouse ReservoirGladhouse Reservoir, formerly Moorfoot Loch, is a reservoir in Midlothian, Scotland, five miles south of Penicuik. It is the largest area of freshwater in the Lothians....
- Habbies Howe - Logan Burn
- Hadfast Valley
- Hewan Bank
- Keith Water
- Lammer Law
- Lammermuir Deans
- Levenhall Links
- Moorfoot Hills
- Newhall Glen
- North Berwick LawNorth Berwick LawNorth Berwick Law is a conical hill which rises incongruously from the surrounding landscape . It overlooks the East Lothian town of North Berwick and stands at 613 ft above sea level.Geologically, the law is a volcanic plug of hard phonolitic trachyte rock of Carboniferous age...
- North Esk Valley
- Papana Water
- Peeswit Moss
- Rammer Cleugh
- Roslin Glen
- Traprain LawTraprain LawTraprain Law is a hill about 221m in elevation, located east of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the site of an oppidum or hill fort, which covered at its maximum extent about 16 ha and must have been a veritable town...
- Woodhall Dean