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Blackness

Blackness is a small village and harbour at Blackness Bay, an inlet of the in . It lies 3.4 mi east-southeast of , 5.0 mi west-northwest of and 3.8 mi north-east of , within the council area of Falkirk.
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  • Type: Village with 214 residents
  • Description: village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Blackness, Falkirk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackness, St Ninians Way, War Memorial and House of the Binns.

Memorial
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle
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The , or simply the Binns, is a historic house and estate in , Scotland, the seat of the Dalyell baronets and family. It dates principally from the early 17th century and was gifted to the National Trust for Scotland in 1944 by Eleanor Dalyell.

Castle
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is a late 16th-century tower house in . It is situated in the hamlet of on the estate, About 4 kilometres to the west of , on the outskirts of . It is a Category A listed building. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Blackness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Champany and Philpstoun.

Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in Falkirk, on the junctions of the A904 and A803 roads between and , , Scotland.

Village
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is a small village in , Scotland, situated roughly 2 miles east of the historic county town of . The village originated in the oil shale mining boom of the 19th century. is situated 2 miles south of Blackness.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , Scotland. Close to the south coast of the , the village is around 5 km west of . The parish had a population of 458 at the 2011 Census. is situated 2 miles east of Blackness.

Blackness

Latitude
56.00373° or 56° 0′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.52217° or 3° 31′ 20″ west
Population
214
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C8R2F3H+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29338291
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11694315
Wiki­data ID
Q4923190
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Blackness” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Blackness”
  • Chinese: “布莱克内斯”
  • Dutch: “Blackness”
  • French: “Blackness”
  • German: “Blackness”
  • Irish: “An Dubh-Nis”
  • Irish: “An t-Sròn Dhubh”
  • Scots: “Blackness, Fawkirk”
  • Scots: “Blackness”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Sròn Dhubh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Blackness, Falkirk”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Blackness”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blackness”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.