Lindores

Lindores is a small village in Fife, Scotland, in the parish of Abdie, about 2 miles south-east of Newburgh. It is situated on the north-east shore of Lindores Loch, a 44 ha freshwater loch.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lindores Loch and Cairnie Hill.

Lindores Loch

Lake

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Lindores Loch is a freshwater loch, situated in North Fife in the Parish of Abdie, in the Central Belt of Scotland. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life.

Cairnie Hill

Peak

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Cairnie Hill lies at the eastern end of the Ochil Hills, above the village of Collessie Scotland. It is the highest point of a small upland area between Collesie Den and Collairnie Farm.

Lindores Abbey

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Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile north of the village of Lindores and is a scheduled monument. Lindores Abbey is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lindores.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunbog and Newburgh.

Dunbog

Hamlet

Dunbog is a parish in the county of Fife in Scotland which is now united with the neighbouring parish of Abdie, Dunbog kirk closing at that time. The name of the parish possibly derives from the Scottish Gaelic, Dùn Bolg, meaning "bag fort" or "bag-like, rounded hill" although no fortification has been identified on Dunbog Hill.

Newburgh

Town

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Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171, which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904 persons. Newburgh is situated 2 miles northwest of Lindores.

Collessie

Village

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Collessie is a village and parish of Fife, Scotland. The village is set on a small hillock centred on a historic church. Due to rerouting of roads, it now lies north of the A91. Collessie is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lindores.

Lindores

Type: Village
Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.3388° or 56° 20′ 20″ north

Longitude

-3.19062° or 3° 11′ 26″ west

Elevation

249 feet (76 metres)

Open location code

9C8R8RQ5+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 29621714

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2644477

Wikidata ID

Q3832628

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Italian—“Lindores” goes by many names.

Basque: “Lindores”
Dutch: “Lindores”
French: “Lindores”
Italian: “Lindores”

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