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The hills are crossed by only one major road (the [[A68 road|A68]]), which crosses the shoulder of [[Soutra Hill]] between [[Lauder]] and [[Pathhead, Midlothian|Pathhead]], and is frequently closed by snow in winter. The main road linking Edinburgh to [[England]] (the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]]) avoids the hills by following a circuitous route around the coast
[[Image:Lammermuirs.jpg|right|thumb| The Lammermuirs in the winter of 2009/10]]
The name ''Lammermuir'' literally means "lambs' moor"<ref>http://www.scotways.com/scotways_assets/files/045_lammermuirs_map.pdf</ref> or "moorland of the lambs" from the [[Old English]] [[genitive]] [[plural]]<ref>''Old English Grammar'' by Joseph Wright, READ BOOKS, 2008, 1443758930, 9781443758932. Page. 214</ref> "lambra" ("lambs") and the [[noun]] "mor" ("moorland", "swamp", "waste ground"<ref>http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=moorland&searchmode=none</ref>).<ref name=williamson/><ref>http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/does-name-lammermuir-hills-originate-761340.html</ref><ref>''Scottish place-names'' by William Cook Mackenzie, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd., 1931. Page. 216</ref>
[[White Castle, East Lothian|White Castle]] was an Iron Age [[hill fort]], settled by the ancestors of the [[Votadini]] tribe.
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Two ranges of hills in [[New Zealand]], the [[Lammermoor Range]] and [[Lammerlaw Range]] are named after the Scottish hills and their second highest point respectively.
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==See also==
*[[List of places in East Lothian]]
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