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I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

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The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

Hello and thanks very much for choosing to listen to this podcast. I'm Helen Needham.

In this edition, I take a wander up a hill I'd never really noticed before in Aberdeenshire.

Barra Hill near Old Meldrum was introduced to me through the writing of Ian Grosse,

which I came across in the literary journal Echtry.

Ian writes compellingly and in great detail about this place.

He reveals layer upon layer of human history and that

really prompts us to think about how we view and perceive landscapes when we

exist within them and that there are ways of connecting with the hidden layers of

history which can be both moving and enlightening. We began our walk towards the

ancient hill fort of Barra Hill in the village of Old Meldrum.

When I first started looking into the hill, I was curious about the name of Old Meldrum and where that comes from.

And I found out that the meldrum is from the old Gaelic Mieldromer, or Mildrim,

whether it's Irish or all Scottish Gaelic.

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