Hill East Wood

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

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.

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.

Pitfour Castle

Manor estate

Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pitfour Castle is an 18th-century country house situated on the southeast edge of the village of St Madoes in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newburgh and Errol.

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.

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.

St Madoes

Village

Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Madoes is a village in the Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. It was developed near Pitfour Castle. It is believed that there have been settlements since around 1000 AD based on discoveries of several standing stones and the St Madoes stone, a well-preserved Pictish cross.

Hill East Wood

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

56.374° or 56° 22′ 27″ north

Longitude

-3.2368° or 3° 14′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C8R9QF7+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 37575287

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hill Mid Clump and Hill Middle Wood.

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