Sidlaws

Sidlaws

The Sidlaws (Scottish Gaelic: "Na Sidhbheanntan" [http://www.iol.ie/~carsfrn/Tasgaidh%202.htm] ) are a range of hills of volcanic origin in the counties of Perthshire and Angus in Scotland that extend for 30 miles (45 km) from Kinnoull Hill, near Perth, northeast to Forfar. [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, Landranger (2005)] "Law" is a Lowland Scots word of Old English origin meaning a hill which rises sharply from the surrounding land. The element 'sid' probably derives from the Scottish Gaelic "sidhe", meaning 'fairy', referring to the prehistoric barrows still visible on various of the hills, thought in folk-belief to be homes of these supernatural beings.

Principal peaks within the Sidlaw Hills include Ark Hill and King's Seat.

Points of interest include Dunsinane Hill, mentioned in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, and Auchterhouse Hill, which was the site of an ancient hill fort.The highest of the Sidlaw Hills is Craigowl Hill. Adjacent to Craigowl Hill is Gallow Hill, on the side of which is located the Angus transmitting station, which provides television and radio services to the region.

Nearby historical features to the north include Glamis Castle and the Eassie Stone, a carved Pictish cross slab-stone (now situated in a ruined church in the village of Eassie). [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17730 C.Michael Hogan, "Eassie Stone", The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, Oct. 7, 2007] ]

"Sidlaw Hills" is also the name of a Schottische marching tune composed for the fiddle by Jim Watson [ [http://www.springthyme.co.uk/album05/05songtexts.html Tom Hughes and His Border Fiddle] ] of Blairgowrie (1868 - 1931)

ee also

*B954 road
*Newtyle Hill
*Wester Denoon

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