Kinnoull Hill

Kinnoull Hill is a hill located partly in Perth and partly in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It shares its name with the nearby Kinnoull parish. The 18th-century Kinnoull Tower stands on an outcrop to the east of the hill's summit.

Summit In view from the south-facing summit is the Friarton Bridge, a stretch of the Tay Coast railway line and the Sidlaw Hills.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901) Further to the south, Moncreiffe Hill can be seen.

Near the summit, which is divided into two points, is the Windy Gowle, a hollow which (historically, at least) offered "an echo of nine distinct reverberations".

William Wallace is said to have concealed himself in a cave on the hill, to avoid detection by his pursuers.

Awards In 2009 and again in 2010, Kinnoull Hill was awarded Green Flag status. In 2010, Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park also came runner up in Scotland's Finest Woods Awards.

Management Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park is managed in a partnership between Forestry and Land Scotland and Perth & Kinross Council. A Users Group has also been established for many years and supports the management of the Woodland Park through a Management Committee. Branklyn Garden was built by Dorothy Renton and her husband in the western foothills of Kinnoull Hill. The house and garden are owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

In 1793, wild roses which were discovered on the hill were transplanted into an extensive nearby nursery owned by James Dickson and James Brown. At its peak, the nursery employed around eighty people.

Sculptures Woodland sculptures created by Pete Bowsher have been erected in the Woodland Park. There are fourteen sculptures reflecting the animals and plants of the park.

Suicide location The hill's summit has become well-known as a location for suicides. In 2015 it became "highlighted as a national area of concern for completed suicides".COMMUNITY PLANNING COMMUNITY SAFETY and ENVIRONMENT GROUP - Perth and Kinross Community Planning Partnership That same year, 20-year-old Forfar Athletic player Jack Syme committed suicide at Kinnoull Hill.It was just a complete shock… he had so much to live for says mum of tragic Tayside footballer Jack Syme Evening Telegraph 10 June 2015

In early January 2002, Daniela Smith, a 31-year-old mother-of-two, pushed her infant children off the hill's summit while they were strapped in their pushchair, before throwing herself off. Their bodies were discovered on a ledge about below the summit on 15 January.Suicide mother throws babies off cliff The Daily Telegraph

The bodies of two men were found below the hill in 2014.Mystery over discovery of two bodies at Perth beauty spot The Herald 26 May 2014

Namesakes The Kinnoull Campus of De La Salle College in Melbourne, Australia, is named after this hill. The property previously on the site of the College, built in 1856 by Sir James Palmer, was renamed Kinnoull by Sir Alexander Stewart (1874-1956) (former chairman of BHP), who was born near Kinnoull Hill.

Abernyte Brewery released a beer called Kinnoull Red, named for the hill.Our Brews – Abernyte Brewery

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