Lindores Loch

#4993 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Lindores Loch is a freshwater loch, situated in North Fife in the Parish of Abdie, in the Central Belt of Scotland. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. A curling pond is situated on the Northern shoreline and is nominally used by the Abdie Curling Club and Abdie ladies Curling Club. A speculative study suggests that the loch was created by glacial deposits from the surrounding Ochil Hills at the end of the last ice-age. The water level and shoreline have changed over time due to roads, railway, sluice gate and farmland. ()

Length: 4265 ftWidth: 1640 ftMaximum depth: 10 ftElevation: 223 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 56°20'0"N, 3°11'8"W

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Lindores Loch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pitfour Castle, Mount Hill, Abernethy Round Tower, Birnie Loch.

5.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Pitfour Castle, Glencarse
131 min walk • 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. It is a Category A listed building.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Mount Hill
104 min walk • Mount Hill rises from the rolling farmland about three miles north west of Cupar in North East Fife, Scotland. On its summit stands the 29-metre high Hopetoun Monument, which is visible for many miles around.
4.8 miW
Historical place, Tower
Abernethy Round Tower, Abernethy
123 min walk • The Abernethy Round Tower is a stone-built Irish-style round tower which stands at the edge of the cemetery in Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
2.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Birnie Loch
64 min walk • Birnie Loch is located in North East Fife, Scotland, adjacent to the crossroads between the A91 and B937 roads. It is entirely artificial in nature, being a flooded pit formerly used for the extraction of sand or gravel.
3.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Norman's Law
86 min walk • Norman's Law is a prominent hill at the far eastern end of the Ochil Fault, Scotland. It sits above the south bank of the River Tay, around four miles north west of Cupar.
3.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Myres Castle
94 min walk • Myres Castle is a Scottish castle situated in Fife near the village of Auchtermuchty. Its history is interleaved with that of nearby Falkland Palace with present-day castle construction dating to 1530.
2 miNW
Historical place, Monastery, Tours
Lindores Abbey
52 min walk • 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 ancient monument.
0.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Cairnie Hill
23 min walk • Cairnie Hill lies at the eastern end of the Ochil Hills, above the village of Collessie Scotland. It is the highest point of a small upland area between Collesie Den and Collairnie Farm. The northern and western slopes of Cairnie Hill are quite steep and are used for rough grazing and forestry.
2.4 miE
Forts and castles
Collairnie Castle
62 min walk • Collairnie Castle is an L-plan castle in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland. The castle was extended in the 16th century, with a wing added of 4 storeys with an attic.
2.3 miSE
Palace
Palace of Monimail
60 min walk • The Palace of Monimail, also known as Monimail Tower, was a Renaissance palace in Fife, Scotland. A residence of the Archbishops of St Andrews from the 13th century, in the early 17th century Monimail became a chief seat of the Melville family.
4.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Creich Castle
123 min walk • Creich Castle is a ruined tower house near Creich, Fife, Scotland. The tower house and its associated buildings is a scheduled monument.