Burnside
Burnside is an archaeological site in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Burnside is situated nearby to the hamlet Mawcarse, as well as near the forest Lacesston Muir.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Balvaird Castle and West Lomond.
Balvaird Castle
Castle
Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balvaird Castle in Perthshire is a traditional late medieval Scottish tower house. It is located in the Ochil Hills, around five kilometres south of Abernethy. Balvaird Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Burnside.
West Lomond
Peak
Photo: StuzzyW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife, Scotland and the highest peak in the Lomond Hills. Its cone-shaped summit, which is the remains of a volcanic plug, rises above an escarpment of Carboniferous sandstone and limestone layers, capped with a quartz-microgabbro sill. West Lomond is situated 2 miles east of Burnside.
Bonnet Stone
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bunnet Stane is a rock formation near the hamlet of Gateside in Fife, at the foot of West Lomond. It sits upon one of the calciferous sandstone outcrops of the Old Red Sandstone suie that exist around the base of the Lomond Hills. Bonnet Stone is situated 1½ miles east of Burnside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mawcarse and Gateside.
Gateside
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gateside is a small village in the north east of Fife, Scotland. It is inhabited by around 200 people. It also comprises a school, a park, seven-a-side football pitch, there used to be a village shop, and a pub which has now been converted into a private residence, the Gateside Memorial Hall and a garage. Gateside is situated 1½ miles northeast of Burnside.
Glenlomond
Hamlet
Glenlomond is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies northeast of Loch Leven, north of the A911 road, at the foot of Bishop Hill in the Lomond Hills. It is approximately 4 miles east of Kinross. Glenlomond is situated 2 miles south of Burnside.
Burnside
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.25547° or 56° 15′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.35233° or 3° 21′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C8R7J4X+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 2681940075OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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