Higham Hill

Higham Hill is a hill in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 509 feet. Higham Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Dunbog, as well as near the locality Inchrye Steading.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballinbreich Castle and Lindores Abbey.

Ballinbreich Castle

Ruins

Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined tower house castle in Fife, Scotland. The castle was built in the 14th century by Clan Leslie, and subsequently rebuilt several times.

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 Abbey is situated 2 miles southwest of Higham Hill.

Norman’s Law

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Norman's Law is a prominent hill at the far eastern end of the Ochil Fault, Scotland. It sits above the south bank of the River Tay, around four miles north west of Cupar. Norman’s Law is situated 2 miles east of Higham Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunbog and Lindores.

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

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. Lindores is situated 1½ miles south of Higham Hill.

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. Newburgh is situated 2½ miles west of Higham Hill.

Higham Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 509 feet
Category: landform
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.3629° or 56° 21′ 46″ north

Longitude

-3.18185° or 3° 10′ 55″ west

Elevation

509 feet (155 metres)

Open location code

9C8R9R79+57

GeoNames ID

12617465

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