Butterwell
Butterwell is a hamlet in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland. Butterwell is situated nearby to the hamlet Mawcarse, as well as near Glenlomond.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burleigh Castle and West Lomond.
Burleigh Castle
Castle
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The remains of Burleigh Castle are located just outside the village of Milnathort, 1.5 miles north of Kinross, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, and now sits beside the A911 road, opposite a 19th-century steading, recently adapted into housing. Burleigh Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Butterwell.
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 2½ miles east of Butterwell.
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 2 miles east of Butterwell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mawcarse and Glenlomond.
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.
Kinnesswood
Village
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinnesswood, possibly from the Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Eas Ciad but more likely from Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Easg "boggy head" together with "wood" from English or "cot" from Scots is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and is in the historic county of Kinross-shire. Kinnesswood is situated 2½ miles southeast of Butterwell.
Butterwell
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.2411° or 56° 14′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.35812° or 3° 21′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C8R6JRR+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4423319438OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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