It is located in the west of Midlothian on the east flank of the approximately 25 km (16 mi) long chain of hills.

In the mid-19th century, bronze guns were reported to have been found between the Kips, Braid Law and South Black Hills near Eastside Farm.

[3] There was probably a cross along the path between East Kip and Scald Law, on the slopes of South Black Hill.

[4] On a flat hill on the south-east flank are the remains of an Iron Age hillfort.

However, it is thought to have been largely overlaid by what is now the A702, which runs along the eastern flank of the Pentland Hills.