Cow Hill
Cow Hill is a peak in West Lothian, Scotland. Cow Hill is situated nearby to the village Torphichen, as well as near the locality Causewayend.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairnpapple Hill and Avon Aqueduct.
Cairnpapple Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site for around 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness.
Avon Aqueduct
Bridge
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland.
Cockleroi
Peak
Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockleroi or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in Scotland. It is Linlithgow's local hill. On its top there are some remains of an Iron Age's hill fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linlithgow and Polmont.
Linlithgow
Photo: Xenophule, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Linlithgow is a small town in The Lothians in central lowland Scotland, 20 miles west of Edinburgh. It's a commuter town for the city, with a population in 2020 of 12,840.
Polmont
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polmont is a village five miles east of Falkirk in Stirlingshire in central Scotland. It's mainly a commuter village for Edinburgh and Stirling. Grangemouth just north is a busy port and petrochemical town, also described on this page.
Bathgate
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, 5 miles west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Linlithgow, Livingston, and West Calder.
Cow Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9473° or 55° 56′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.6483° or 3° 38′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C7RW9W2+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8709908927OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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