Hound Hillock

A modest Dodd rising to 518 metres in the rolling farmland south of Angus, positioned between the Grampian foothills and the coastal plain. The summit offers views across the fertile Strathmore valley, with the Sidlaw Hills visible to the south and the higher Mounth ranges to the northwest.

• •The name 'Hound Hillock' likely derives from Scots, with 'hillock' being a diminutive form common in the Northeast lowlands for modest rounded elevations, while 'hound' may reference hunting dogs once kennelled in the area or simply a fancied resemblance in the hill's profile.
• •At 1700 feet precisely, Hound Hillock sits just below the threshold where Scottish hills begin to shed their agricultural character and take on moorland qualities, straddling the transition zone between working farmland and open hill ground.
• •The grid reference places it in prime territory for those quietly ticking off Dodds and Tumps, the kind of hill that rewards the completist rather than the glory-hunter.