Sidlaws Gazetteer: F

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Finlarg Hill (NO 405419, 336m)

Gaelic fionn learg, “white slope”
Location: main ridge, east
Neighbours: Unnamed Point 315/1 (NE), Ironside Hill (SW)
Hill Lists: Tump
Summit: rough grazing; small cairn
Notes: above Over and Nether Finlarg farms

Route 1; Route 2

Summit of Finlarg Hill
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Summit cairn on Finlarg Hill, looking towards Strathmore
Ironside Hill and Craigowl from Finlarg Hill
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Ironside Hill (left), Gallow Hill (right) and Craigowl (distant, centre) seen across Lumley Den from Finlarg Hill
Twin fences on Finlarg Hill
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Finlarg Hill from its northeast ridge

Fothringham Hill (NO 465456, 254m)

Family name of local landowners, originally Fotheringhay, Old English fodoring ey, “foddering island”
Location: outlier, east
Neighbours: Hill of Lour (NE)
Hill Lists: HuMP, Tump
Summit: clear-felled forest; telecommunications masts; triangulation pillar at NO 467453 (250m) S of summit; fire lookout tower; abandoned wireless station; access tracks for forestry and telecom
Notes: above Fothringham Hill House; folly/summerhouse (dated 1803) on south side; wind turbines on northwest side

Route 1

Felled area on summit of Fothringham Hill
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The felled area around the summit of Fothringham Hill
View of Sidlaws from summit of Fothringham Hill
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Summit of Fothringham Hill, looking towards the main ridge of the Sidlaws
Fothringham Hill trig point
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Fothringham Hill triangulation pillar (south of the true summit)
The old wireless station, Fothringham Hill
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The abandoned wireless station, near Fothringham Hill summit
Telecom masts, Fothringham Hill
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The current telecommunication masts, near Fothringham Hill summit
Fothringham Hill summer-house folly, front view
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The summerhouse/folly on the south side of Fothringham Hill
Wind turbines on Fothringham Hill
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Wind turbines in farmland on the northwestern slope of Fothringham Hill
Fothringham Hill from the west
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Fothringham Hill from the west

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