Mains Wood

Mains Wood is a locality in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland. Mains Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Mains of Errol, as well as near Port Allen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mugdrum Island and Lindores Abbey.

Mugdrum Island

Island

Photo: A A Lang, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland, opposite the town of Newburgh in Fife. It is low-lying and reedy, and covers an area of 55.7 acres. Mugdrum Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Mains Wood.

Lindores Abbey

Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile north of the village of Lindores and is a scheduled monument. Lindores Abbey is situated 2 miles south of Mains Wood.

Ballinbreich Castle

Ruins

Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined tower house castle in Fife, Scotland. The castle was built in the 14th century by Clan Leslie, and subsequently rebuilt several times. Ballinbreich Castle is situated 2 miles east of Mains Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Errol and Newburgh.

Errol

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Errol is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, about halfway between Dundee and Perth. It is one of the principal settlements of the Carse of Gowrie.

Newburgh

Town

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Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171, which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904 persons. Newburgh is situated 2 miles south of Mains Wood.

Cottown

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cottown is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, east of the village of St.Madoes and approximately 8 miles east of Perth. This area is in the Carse of Gowrie, and Cottown sits on a bank a rich alluvial soil to the north of the Firth of Tay between Perth and Dundee. Cottown is situated 2½ miles west of Mains Wood.

Mains Wood

Type: Locality
Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.3789° or 56° 22′ 44″ north

Longitude

-3.2266° or 3° 13′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C8R9QHF+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 442674659

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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