Sidlaws Gazetteer: R

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Rochel Hill (NO 366448)

Scots ruch hill, “rough hill”; the “Hill” is therefore redundant
Hill slope on south side of Crams Hill, above the farms of Wester Rochelhill and Mains of Rochelhill, to which it gives its name

Crams Hill from Denoon Glen
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In this view of Crams Hill from Denoon Glen, Rochel Hill is the grassy, gorse-covered slope to the right of the forestry

Round Law (NO 232337, 257m)

English round + Scots law, an isolated, conical hill
Location: main ridge, west
Neighbours: Buttergask Hill (NW), King’s Seat (S)
Summit: heather; a single fence-post (remnant of a fence that previously crossed the summit)
Notes: a nineteenth-century report of the remains of a prehistoric cairn and stone circle on the summit has not been substantiated; there is a cast-iron memorial plaque on the south slope

Round Law
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Round Law
King's Seat from summit of Round Law
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King’s Seat from summit of Round Law
Memorial plaque on Round Law
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Memorial plaque on Round Law

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