Orrock Hill
Orrock Hill is a peak in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 673 feet. Orrock Hill is situated nearby to the locality Binnend, as well as near Puddledub.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knockdavie Castle and Binnend.
Knockdavie Castle
Ruins
Photo: John Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knockdavie Castle is a now-ruined 17th-century house in Burntisland parish, Fife, Scotland. The name probably derives from the Gaelic cnoc dubh -in " black hill ", with cnoc dabhoch “the hill farm” another theory.
Binnend
Ruins
Binnend, also known as Binnend Village and The Binn, is an abandoned industrial village located two miles north of Burntisland in Fife. It was established in the late 1870s to house workers at the nearby shale oil extraction works.
Burntisland railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burntisland railway station is a railway station in the town of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchtertool and Burntisland.
Auchtertool
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchtertool is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn.
Burntisland
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.
Aberdour
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aberdour is a small town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.
Orrock Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 673 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.08282° or 56° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.24892° or 3° 14′ 56″ westElevation
673 feet (205 metres)Open location code
9C8R3QM2+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 102694877OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12614940
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Orrock Quarry and Baspard Hill.
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