Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dichmont

Dichmont, a hill-summit in St Vigeans parish, Forfarshire, 1 mile NE of St Vigeans village. It rises to an altitude of 323 feet above sea-level, and is crowned with a large hollow cairn or mound, anciently used as a seat of justice, and now clothed with greensward.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hill-summit"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountain summits")
Administrative units: St Vigeans ScoP       Angus ScoCnty

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