Mount Hill
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| Mount Hill | |
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 Mount Hill from Dunbog Hill |
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| Elevation | 221 m |
| Location | Fife,  Scotland |
| Range | Ochil Hills |
| Prominence | 163 m |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 59 |
| OS grid reference | N0331164 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Mount Hill rises from the rolling farmland about three miles north west of Cupar in North East Fife. On its summit stands the impressive 25 metres (93ft) high Hopetoun Monument, which is visible for many miles around.
The monument was erected by the people of Cupar in 1824 in memory of the Great British soldier Sir John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765 - 1823). Sir John Hope served at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801 and, later, in the Peninsular War (1808-1814) where he was to be knighted for his heroic deeds. There is another similar Hopetoun Monument on Byres Hill near Haddington in East Lothian which was built in the same year.
At present the summit of Mount Hill affords an excellent Panorama due to the felling of the forestry plantation around the monument. The monument is easily accessible by forest tracks.
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The Monument Plaque
