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{{Short description|Hill in Fife, Scotland, UK}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Hill
| photo = Mount_Hill.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Hill from Dunbog Hill
| elevation_m = 221
| elevation_ref =
| prominence_m = 163
| prominence_ref =
| listing = [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]]
| location = [[Fife]], [[Scotland]]
| range = [[Ochil Hills]]
| coordinates = {{coord|56.33598|-3.08372|format=dms|type:mountain_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = NO331164
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 59
| map = Scotland
}}
'''Mount Hill''' rises from the rolling farmland about three miles north west of [[Cupar]] in North East [[Fife]], Scotland. On its summit stands the {{convert|29|m|adj=on}} high '''Hopetoun Monument''', which is visible for many miles around.
The Hopetoun Monument was erected by the people of [[Cupar]] in 1826 in memory of the British soldier [[John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun]] (1765–1823).<ref>{{Canmore |num=31452 |desc=Mount Hill, Hopetoun Monument|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> The monument takes the form of a giant [[Roman Doric]] column, and is protected as a category B [[listed building]].<ref name=lbr>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB17428|desc=MOUNT HILL, HOPETOUN MONUMENT (TO SIR JOHN HOPE OF OVER RANKEILOUR)|cat=B|access-date=20 December 2018|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The inscription on the monument reads:
{{blockquote|"To perpetuate the memory of John 4th Earl of Hopetoun who died 16 August 1823, this memorial is erected by the inhabitants of Fife MDCCCXXVI"<ref name=lbr/>}}
Prior to succeeding to the earldom, John Hope served at the [[Battle of Alexandria (1801)|Battle of Alexandria]] in 1801 and, later, in the [[Peninsular War]] (1808–1814) where he was knighted for his heroic deeds at the [[Battle of Corunna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst8157.html |title=Hopetoun Monument |work=Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=University of Edinburgh}}</ref> There is another similar [[Hopetoun Monument]] on Byres Hill near [[Haddington, East Lothian|Haddington]] in [[East Lothian]] which was built in 1824.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB10831|desc=HOPETOUN MONUMENT|cat=B|access-date=20 December 2018|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
At present the summit of Mount Hill affords an excellent panorama due to the felling of the [[forestry plantation]] around the monument. The monument is easily accessible by [[forest track]]s.
[[David Lyndsay]] of the Mount gains his epithet from the farm on the eastern slopes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=3086|title=Fife Place-name Data :: The Mount|website=fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk}}</ref>
==Gallery==
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Image:Hopetoun_Monument_DC10074.jpg|Hopetoun Monument, Mount Hill, Cupar
Image:Hopetoun_Monument_dedication_DC10194.jpg|Dedication stone Hopetoun Monument, Mount Hill, Cupar
</gallery>
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Commons-inline|Mount Hill}}
*{{Commons category-inline|Mount Hill}}
[[Category:Marilyns of Scotland]]
[[Category:Hills of Fife]]