Shaw Hill

Shaw Hill TOB R NT016870 1 394 81m

hives hill 1753 Roy sheet 16, 1 [sic; this may be a result of confusion between Shaw Hill and Shires Mill CUS, just across the burn]
Shaw Hill 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn.

Sc shaw + Sc hill

Sc shaw can mean ‘wood’ or ‘hill, slope’. It is almost certainly the eponymous tòrr of Torry TOB, which see for more details.

OS Pathf. also has Shawhill Plantation, as does OS 6 inch (1855).

This place-name appeared in printed volume 1