Saddle Hill (Aberdeenshire)

Saddle Hill is a low lying mountain in eastern Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. Its peak is 241m above mean sea level. This hill is immediately north of the Roman camp of Raedykes. From Saddle Hill there are expansive views to the North Sea facing east and the valley of the Burn of Monboys to the east and southeast. Geology and hydrologySaddle Hill is situated approximately 5km to the northwest of Stonehaven; surface runoff and drainage from the easternand southern slopes of Saddle Hill flow to the Burn of Monboys, a very slightly alkaline stream These low pH levels (compared to other area streams) may be caused in part by the peat drainage from the moorland on Meikle Carewe Hill and Curlethney Hill. PrehistoryNeolithic traces of civilisation appear on the southwest flannks of the lower slopes of Saddle Hill in the form of cairns and standing stones. Wind farm proposalRenewable Energy Resources has an application pending before the Aberdeenshire Council to create a windfarm for electrical power generation using Saddle Hill, Curlethney Hill, Meikle Carewe Hill

Saddle Hill is a low lying mountain in eastern Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. Its peak is 241m above mean sea level. This hill is immediately north of the Roman camp of Raedykes. From Saddle Hill there are expansive views to the North Sea facing east and the valley of the Burn of Monboys to the east and southeast. Geology and hydrologySaddle Hill is situated approximately 5km to the northwest of Stonehaven; surface runoff and drainage from the easternand southern slopes of Saddle Hill flow to the Burn of Monboys, a very slightly alkaline stream These low pH levels (compared to other area streams) may be caused in part by the peat drainage from the moorland on Meikle Carewe Hill and Curlethney Hill. PrehistoryNeolithic traces of civilisation appear on the southwest flannks of the lower slopes of Saddle Hill in the form of cairns and standing stones. Wind farm proposalRenewable Energy Resources has an application pending before the Aberdeenshire Council to create a windfarm for electrical power generation using Saddle Hill, Curlethney Hill, Meikle Carewe Hill