supposed to have been formed from consecrated earth brought over from Ireland. This tradition may be linked to Colmaig, the old Irish saint and bishop who gave his name to Inchmahome island. This may have been the 'Hill of Justice' of the abbot who possessed baronial feudal rights. Scone Moot Hill. The mons placiti or Scone mote hill is the inauguration site of the Scottish Kings. It is also called 'Boot Hill', possibly from an ancient tradition whereby emissaries swore fealty to their king by wearing the earth of their own lands in their foot-bindings or boots. East Renfrewshire Castle Hill, Eaglesham. Also known as the 'Deil's Planting'. A candidate to be the Moot Hill of the Barony of Eaglesham; a Gallowshill is located nearby. The Montgomerie family built Polnoon Castle and held the barony for several hundred years. Renfrewshire Courtshaw Hill – near the site of the old Castle Semple mansion in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. Ross and Cromarty Hill of Strife, Ullinish, Isle of Skye. Samuel Johnson was informed that this hill near Ulinish House was where justice used to be administered. Stirling Court Hill, Duntreath, Strathblane. What used to be known as "the Court Hill", now Park Hill, rises on the east side of the Blane Valley. The top has been levelled, possibly for a fort, or a "mons placiti" or Moot Hill where courts of justice were held. The feudal privileges attached to Duntreath, indicate its importance. England Buckinghamshire Seclow Mound in Milton Keynes ( ). Cumbria Carlisle Moothill. Patrick Fraser Tytler's History of Scotland'', iv. 413, records that Lord Wharton, after his repulse in a raid up Nithsdale in 1547 held a Court at the Moothill beside Carlisle, and condemned ten of the Scottish "pledges" to be hanged. Northumberland Gallows Knowe, Berwick-upon-Tweed ( ). Nottinghamshire Spellow Hill, Radcliffe on Trent ( ). Wiltshire Downton Moot is no longer considered to be a moot hill. The earthworks in Downton Moot Garden are the remains of a 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle. Merlin's Mount. In the grounds of Marlborough College. Swanborough Tump, meeting place of Swanborough Hundred. Yorkshire Moat Hill Birstall Rise, Yorkshire ( ). Isle of Man Tynwald, St John's . This stepped structure is probably of great antiquity and is nowadays thought originally to have been a burial mound of the Bronze Age. It is said to be formed of earth brought from each of the