Kingbank Head

Kingbank Head is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Kingbank Head is situated nearby to the locality Crooked Bank, as well as near Dun Knees.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Culter Fell and Chapelgill Hill.

Culter Fell

Peak

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Culter Fell is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the county top of the historic county of Lanarkshire, as well as the highest point in South Lanarkshire council area.

Chapelgill Hill

Peak

Chapelgill Hill is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is frequently climbed from the north-west, taking in the range's, and South Lanarkshire's, highest summit, Culter Fell.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Kingbank Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coulter and Kilbucho.

Coulter

Village

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coulter or Culter is a small village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles south of Biggar. Some old maps and local modern houses also have the spelling Cootyre - "a safe place for cows." Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell. Coulter is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kingbank Head.

Kilbucho

Hamlet

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Kilbucho is a small settlement in the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in Peeblesshire and near Biggar and Broughton. Kilbucho is situated 3 miles northeast of Kingbank Head.

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

Kingbank Head

Type: Locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.56097° or 55° 33′ 40″ north

Longitude

-3.50163° or 3° 30′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C7RHF6X+98

OpenStreetMap ID

node 339861823

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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