Craigowl Hill

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| name = Craigowl Hill

| photo = Craigowl_hill.jpg

| photo_caption = Road leading to masts on Craigowl Hill

| elevation_m = 455

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| prominence_m = 393

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| parent_peak = Lochnagar

| listing = Marilyn, Hardy

| location = Sidlaw Hills, Scotland

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| grid_ref_UK = NO376400

| topo = OS Landranger 53

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Craigowl Hill is a summit towards the eastern end of the Sidlaw Hills in Angus, Scotland. Northeast of Kirkton of Auchterhouse and approximately eight kilometres north of Dundee, Craigowl Hill represents the highest point in the range. It also known for being one of the hardest cycling climbs in Scotland, as a {{convert|3.36|km|miyd|adj=on}} climb at 9.4% gradient.

Geodesy

Craigowl Hill was the origin (meridian) of the six-inch-to-the-mile and 1:2500 Ordnance Survey maps of Angus (Forfarshire).{{cite web |url=https://www.charlesclosesociety.org/files/153Meridians.pdf |title=198 years and 153 meridians, 152 defunct |website=Charlesclosesociety.org |accessdate=2016-09-10 |archive-date=26 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026185105/https://www.charlesclosesociety.org/files/153Meridians.pdf |url-status=dead }}

See also

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