Baspard Hill

Baspard Hill is a peak in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 646 feet. Baspard Hill is situated nearby to the locality Binnend, as well as near Widow’s Land.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Binnend and Craigkelly transmitting station.

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.

Craigkelly transmitting station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Craigkelly transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Craigkelly north of the Firth of Forth above the town of Burntisland in Fife, Scotland.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burntisland and Auchtertool.

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 6300 in 2022. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.

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.

Kinghorn

Town

Photo: BesigedB, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kinghorn is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh.

Baspard Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 646 feet
Category: landform
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.08051° or 56° 4′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.23797° or 3° 14′ 17″ west

Elevation

646 feet (197 metres)

Open location code

9C8R3QJ6+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3598249005

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12617456

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