Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Turin Hill

Turin Hill, on border of Rescobie and Aberlemno pars., in co. and 4½ miles NE. of Forfar, alt. 814 ft.; commands an extensive view, and has remains of an ancient stronghold (Kemp or Camp Castle) believed to have been one of the oldest stone forts in Scotland.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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