Milnathort
Milnathort is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of Perth and Kinross.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,990 residents
- Description: village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mills o‘ Forth”, “Miln o Quhorth”, and “Muileann Choirthe”
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Orwell Parish (Milnathort) War Memorial and Burleigh Castle.
Burleigh Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The remains of Burleigh Castle are located just outside the village of Milnathort, 1.5 miles north of Kinross, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, and now sits beside the A911 road, opposite a 19th-century steading, recently adapted into housing.
Lochleven Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the site of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Lochleven Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Milnathort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinross and Balado.
Kinross
Photo: Euchiasmus, Public domain.
Kinross is a small town in Perth and Kinross, 13 miles south of Perth. With a population of 5650 in 2021, it stands on the shores of Loch Leven, with the scarp of the Lomond Hills looming to the east and a mysterious giant golf ball to the west.
Balado
Village
Royal Air Force Balado Bridge or more simply RAF Balado Bridge is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2 miles west of Kinross, in central Scotland. Balado is situated 2 miles southwest of Milnathort.
Mawcarse
Hamlet
Photo: William Starkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mawcarse is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Milnathort.
Milnathort
- Category: locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.22682° or 56° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.41993° or 3° 25′ 12″ westPopulation
1,990Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MLTOpen location code
9C8R6HGJ+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29346660OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Milnathort” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Milnathort”
- Bulgarian: “Милнатхорт”
- Cebuano: “Milnathort”
- Dutch: “Milnathort”
- French: “Milnathort”
- German: “Milnathort”
- Irish: “Maol na Coirthe”
- Irish: “Milnathort”
- Irish: “Muileann Choirthe”
- Russian: “Милнатхорт”
- Scots: “Mills o‘ Forth”
- Scots: “Miln o Quhorth”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Maol na Coirthe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Milnathort”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Muileann Choirthe”
- Spanish: “Milnathort”
- Swedish: “Milnathort”
- Welsh: “Milnathort”
- Welsh: “Muileann Choirthe”
- “Mills o‘ Forth”
- “Milnathort”
- “Milnathort - Muileann Choirthe”
- “Muileann Choirthe”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Milnathort Town Hall and Milnathort.
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