Stony Knowe

A modest summit in the Moorfoot Hills south of Edinburgh, rising to 505 metres above rolling moorland terrain. The hill forms part of the quieter eastern Moorfoots, offering straightforward walking across heather and grass. Its classification as a Dodd reflects its status as a worthwhile objective in this often-overlooked range between the Pentlands and the Borders.

• •The name derives from Scots, with 'knowe' meaning a small rounded hill or knoll, accurately describing this gently contoured summit among the broader moorland landscape.
• •The Moorfoot Hills, where Stony Knowe sits, were historically sheep-grazing country, their open character shaped by centuries of pastoral farming rather than natural tree cover.
• •As a Donald Dewey, Stony Knowe falls within the list of Scottish hills between 500 and 609 metres—a classification that captures many of the Border hills overlooked by those chasing higher Munros and Corbetts.