The Knoll
The Knoll is a locality in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Knoll is situated nearby to the locality The Binks, as well as near Snab Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cramond Tower and Inch Mickery.
Cramond Tower
Castle
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Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Inch Mickery
Islet
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about two miles north of Edinburgh. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Innis nam Biocaire, meaning Isle of the Vicars, implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm. Inch Mickery is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Knoll.
Cramond Kirk
Church
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY 3.0.
Cramond Kirk is a church situated in the middle area Cramond parish, in the north west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of an old Roman fort, parts of the Cramond Kirk building date back to the fourteenth century and the church tower is considered to be the oldest part.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silverknowes and Cramond.
Silverknowes
Suburb
Silverknowes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying to the northwest of the city. The district contains over 2000 homes, ranging in size from bungalow to semi-detached housing, much of it built during the mid-twentieth century.
Cramond
Suburb
Photo: Struan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cramond Village is a village and suburb in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity.
Barnton
Suburb
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as "Cramond Muir" in reference to Cramond to the north. Barnton is situated 2 miles south of The Knoll.
The Knoll
- Type: Locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.99039° or 55° 59′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.2908° or 3° 17′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C7RXPR5+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4426716417OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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