Swirlhead Hill
Swirlhead Hill is a hill in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 843 feet. Swirlhead Hill is situated nearby to the village Rait, as well as near the locality Bandirran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fingask Castle and Dunsinane Hill.
Fingask Castle
Castle
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fingask Castle is a country house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is perched 200 feet above Rait, three miles north-east of Errol, in the Braes of the Carse, on the fringes of the Sidlaw Hills.
Dunsinane Hill
Peak
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Dunsinane Hill is a hill of the Sidlaws near the village of Collace in Perthshire, Scotland. It is mentioned in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which a vision informs Macbeth that he "shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him." The hill has a height of 310 metres and commands expansive views of the surrounding countryside. Dunsinane Hill is situated 2 miles north of Swirlhead Hill.
Dunsinane Hill
Fort
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunsinane Hill is a fort, which is situated 2 miles north of Swirlhead Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rait and Kilspindie.
Rait
Village
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Rait is a small village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Errol, in the Gowrie area west of Dundee, on a minor road crossing the Sidlaw Hills through the Glen of Rait.
Kilspindie
Village
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Kilspindie is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated on the Kilspindie burn, approximately 2+3⁄4 miles northwest of Errol, 12 miles west of Dundee centre and 6+1⁄2 miles east of Perth. Kilspindie is situated 1½ miles south of Swirlhead Hill.
Kinnaird
Village
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Kinnaird is a village in Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. It is notable for its 15th-century castle. The four-storeyed Kinnaird Castle was a stronghold of the Threiplands of Fingask, a local Jacobite family. Kinnaird is situated 2 miles east of Swirlhead Hill.
Swirlhead Hill
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 843 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.44023° or 56° 26′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.28257° or 3° 16′ 57″ westElevation
843 feet (257 metres)Open location code
9C8RCPR8+3XGeoNames ID
12619480
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