Brimmond Hill

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| name = Brimmond Hill

| photo = View of Brimmond Hill - geograph.org.uk - 607110.jpg

| photo_caption = Brimmond Hill

| elevation_m = 266

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| prominence_m = 159

| listing = Marilyn

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| location = Aberdeen, Scotland

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| grid_ref_UK = NJ856091

| topo = OS Landranger 38, Explorer 406

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Brimmond Hill is a hill in Aberdeen, Scotland. The summit is the highest point within the Aberdeen City council area, at an elevation of {{convert|266|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

The hill itself is situated in the area between Kingswells, Westhill, Blackburn and Dyce. There is a transmitter on the top of the hill, and there are also paths and a road to the top of the hill. The hill can be reached directly from paths that connect to Kingswells, and at the summit a view across the city of Aberdeen is available.

File:Tower on Brimmond Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1459639.jpg

Transmitter site

The top of the hill has a collection of transmitter sites for microwave transmission, by line-of-sight communication. The communication sites from here have direct links between North Sea Oil platforms and their headquarters in Aberdeen.

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See also