Swallow Craig
Swallow Craig is an islet in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Swallow Craig is situated nearby to Inchcolm Museum, as well as near the historic site Inchcolm Hogback Stone.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inchcolm and Inchcolm Hogback Stone.
Inchcolm
Islet
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Inchcolm is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into a monastery and a large Augustine Abbey in the mid 13th century.
Inchcolm Hogback Stone
Historic site
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Inchcolm Hogback Stone is a historic site, which is situated 770 feet southwest of Swallow Craig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberdour and Dalgety Bay.
Aberdour
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aberdour is a small town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.
Dalgety Bay
Town
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Dalgety Bay is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, nine miles from Edinburgh city centre. The civil parish is the eighth-largest in Fife, with a population of 9,710 in 2020. Dalgety Bay is situated 2 miles west of Swallow Craig.
Hillend
Village
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hillend is a village in Fife, Scotland, to the east of Inverkeithing and to the west of Dalgety Bay. The village is 9.5 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. The village had a population of 217 in 2001. Hillend is situated 3 miles west of Swallow Craig.
Swallow Craig
- Type: Islet
- Categories: rock, locality, and landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.03108° or 56° 1′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.29868° or 3° 17′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C8R2PJ2+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 41065872OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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