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Labothie Hill (NO 473417, 232m)
Gaelic leth bothan “hillside of the hut” or lathach bothan “swampy place of the hut”
Location: Outlier, east
Neighbours: Carrot Hill (SW), Gallow Hill (E)
Summit: moorland, with many old tree stumps;a ridge with the unmarked highest point in the middle; two large grass-covered prehistoric cairns lie at the ends of the ridge, Hatton Cairn at the west end, and another at the east end, near a telecommunications mast and a World War II Type 27 antiaircaft pillbox, related to the Douglas Wood Chain Home Radar station the remains of which spreads over the southeast slope of Labothie Hill (the receiving station) and on to Gallow Hill (the transmitting station)
Notes: above Labothie farm; the mound of Hare Cairn, another prehistoric cairn, is on the southeast slope, above Harecairn transmission mast and the remains of the Douglas Wood Chain Home Radar receiving station
Summit of Labothie Hill looking towards Fothringham Hill
A modern cairn sits on top of the grassy mound of prehistoric Hatton Cairn at the west end of the Labothie Hill ridge; Carrot Hill is on the sky line
Summit ridge of Lobothie Hill, with numerous tree stumps
Transmission mast and WWII pillbox at the east end of Labothie Hill; the mound between the two is the central core of a prehistoric cairn
View of the telecommunication mast at the east end of Labothie Hill ridge
View of the pillbox at the east end of Labothie Hill ridge
The grassy mound of Hare Cairn on Labothie Hill; Harecairn telecommunication mast in background
Harecairn telecommunication antenna on the southeastern slope of Labothie Hill
Remains of Douglas Wood Chain Home Radar receiving station on the southeastern slope of Labothie Hill; Harecairn transmission mast is in the background
Labothie Hill from the northwest
Laidloon Hill (NO 393420, 312m)
Gaelic leathad lunnd, “slope of the marsh”, perhaps from the marshy ground on its west side (now extensively drained)
Location: main ridge, east central
Neighbours: Gallow Hill (S), Broom Hill (W)
Summit: heather, small cairn
Summit of Laidloon Hill; Broom Hill is in the middle distance and the Ark Hill – Berry Hillock ridge forms the sky-line
Laidloon Hill (heather covered) seen from Ironside Hill; Berry Hillock is beyond (grassy)
Laidloon Hill (left) and Gallow Hill (right, with mast) from Glen Ogilvie
Lintrose Hill (NO 234343, 325m)
Gaelic linne ros, “pool at the wood or point”; emphasis on second syllable
Location: main ridge, west
Neighbours: Buttergask Hill (W), Gask Hill (NE)
Summit: moorland, small cairn
Notes: some distance from Lintrose House and Lintrose Den
Summit of Lintrose Hill, looking towards King’s Seat (left) and Black Hill (distant, right)
Lintrose Hill (middle distance, grass and heather) from Buttergask Hill; Gask Hill (forestry) is beyond
Little Dunsinane (NO 224325, 295m)
English little + Gaelic dun na sine, “hill fort of the little breast”, from the hill’s shape, or perhaps a personal name; pronounced dun-SIN-in; since there is no hill fort on this hill, probably a reference to nearby Dunsinane Hill, which similarly stands above a hill pass
Location: main ridge, west
Neighbours: King’s Seat (NE), Black Hill (SW)
Summit: moorland
Notes: the remains of a broch on the SW slope are recognizable only as a symmetrical mound
Summit of Little Dunsinane, looking towards the lochan below Black Hill
Little Dunsinane from the lochan between Black Hill and King’s Seat
The remains of the broch below Little Dunsinane
Lorns Hill (NO 443399, 243m)
Unknown etymology
Location: outlier, east
Neighbours: Dodd Hill (E)
Summit: heather
Summit of Lorns Hill, looking towards Craigowl (left, with masts), Gallow Hill and Ironside Hill (centre, heather) and Finlarg Hill (right of centre, grqssy)
Lorns Hill from the north
Lour, Hill of (NO 472462, 232m)
Gaelic labhar, “loud” (usually a stream name); pronounced LOOR
Location: outlier, east
Neighbours: Fothringham Hill (SW)
Summit: pasture; walled folly named “The Temple”, several graves within its precincts
Notes: above the Lour estate
The “Temple” on Hill of Lour
Summit of Hill of Lour
Gravestone within precinct of Hill of Lour “Temple”
Hill of Lour from the northeast; “The Temple” is just visible through the trees
Lundie Craigs (NO 280378, 353m)
Gaelic lunnd, “marsh” + Scots craigs, “crags”
Location: main ridge, west central
Neighbours: Ardgarth Hill (SW), Keillor Hill (N), Palmer Hill (E)
Hill Lists: HuMP, Tump
Summit: moorland; triangulation pillar; telecommunication tower and access track a short distance to the west
Notes: above village of Lundie; “craigs” refers to the line of south-facing crags which terminate just west of the triangulation pillar
Summit of Lundie Craigs
Lundie Craigs from Ardgarth Hill
Lundie Craigs from Bowhouse Hill
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