Lindores Hill

Lindores Hill is a peak in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 584 feet. Lindores Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Braeside Mains, as well as near Braeside of Lindores.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lindores Abbey and Lindores Loch.

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 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.

Mugdrum Island

Island

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Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland, opposite the town of Newburgh in Fife. It is low-lying and reedy, and covers an area of 55.7 acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindores and Newburgh.

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.

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.

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.

Lindores Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 584 feet
Category: landform
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.35114° or 56° 21′ 4″ north

Longitude

-3.20313° or 3° 12′ 11″ west

Elevation

584 feet (178 metres)

Open location code

9C8R9Q2W+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 94928177

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12611814

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