Meikle Bin is a peak in the Campsie Fells in Central Scotland. It is the second-highest of the group at 570 metres, and with its prominence of 270 m it is classified as a Marilyn.

Corrie Spout

Waterfall

Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch.

Kilsyth is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.

Kirkintilloch

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Kirkintilloch is an industrial town in the Clydeside area of central Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 20,000. It's about 8 miles northeast of central Glasgow, on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Milton of Campsie

Village

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Milton of Campsie is a village formerly in the county of Stirlingshire, but now in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland roughly 10 miles north of Glasgow. Nestling at the foot of the Campsie Fells, it is neighboured by Kirkintilloch and Lennoxtown.

Box Knowe

Type: Peak
Category: landform
Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9923° or 55° 59′ 32″ north

Longitude

-4.1393° or 4° 8′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C7QXVR6+W7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 268673357

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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