Cradle Rock
Cradle Rock is in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Cradle Rock is situated nearby to Tayport East Lighthouse, as well as near Tayport West Lighthouse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tayport East Lighthouse and Tayport West Lighthouse.
Tayport West Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayport West Lighthouse is situated 1,100 feet west of Cradle Rock.
Broughty Castle
Castle
Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.
Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site. Broughty Castle is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Cradle Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tayport and Broughty Ferry.
Tayport
Town
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939.
Broughty Ferry
Suburb
Photo: Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Douglas and Angus is an area of Eastern Dundee, Scotland. It is located between Whitfield to the North and Broughty Ferry to the East. In the eastern part of Douglas is the distinctive Michelin Tyre factory which was the first factory in the U.K. to produce tyres by using energy from wind power. Douglas is situated 2 miles north of Cradle Rock.
Cradle Rock
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.45322° or 56° 27′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.89383° or 2° 53′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C8VF434+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 8887465940OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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