Harelaw, an upland farm in Currie parish, Edinburghshire, among the north-western declivities of the Pentlands, 1½ mile ESE of Balerno. A reservoir is on it at an elevation of 802 feet above sea-level; and a cairn, comprising about 2500 cart-loads of stones, and containing many human bones, was formerly near the farmhouse.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)