Cairnie Hill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wereldburger758, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lindores Loch and Palace of Monimail.
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.
Palace of Monimail
Castle
Photo: Karen Vernon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Palace of Monimail, also known as Monimail Tower, was a Renaissance palace in Fife, Scotland. A residence of the Archbishops of St Andrews from the 13th century, in the early 17th century Monimail became a chief seat of the Melville family.
Collairnie Castle
Ruins
Photo: Brian Forbes, CC BY 2.0.
Collairnie Castle is an L-plan castle in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland. The castle was extended in the 16th century, with a wing added of 4 storeys with an attic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindores and Collessie.
Lindores
Village
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.
Collessie
Village
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.
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.
Cairnie Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 751 feet
- Description: hill in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.32633° or 56° 19′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.16689° or 3° 10′ 1″ westElevation
751 feet (229 metres)Open location code
9C8R8RGM+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 95017338OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Cairnie Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cairnie Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كايرنى هيل”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cairnie Hill”
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