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Cleish is a rural hamlet off the B9097 between
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and the M90 motorway, three miles south-west of
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in central Scotland. It lies in the historic county of
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. At the last census (2011), the population of the civil parish was 685.Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland, web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish Retrieved April 2021. The village is mentioned in
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's novel ''The Abbot''. The majority of buildings date from the 18th century and the village retains much charm. The school dates from 1835. It is a designated
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. Cleish Castle lies to the west of the hamlet.


Cleish Church

The church can trace its roots to the 13th century and was originally dedicated to St. Cuthbert. The current church was built in 1775 by John Adam who lived nearby at Blair Adam. The church was again rebuilt following a fire in 1832 and the tower was added in 1897, nominally to mark
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's diamond jubilee. It is a Category B
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. Thomas James was ordained here in 1691 but left in 1698 to be official chaplain to the ill-fated Darien Expedition to colonise Panama, all in the employ of the
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. He died at sea on 23 October 1698 and was buried at sea en route to Darien. John Gib, (not Adam Gib's father) was minister of Cleish from 1701 to 1741. His successor, Alexander Dalling, was minister from 1743 to 1790 and was succeeded by his son William Dalling who served until 1835 - a span of 92 years between father and son. The minister 1836 to 1843 was the William Wallace Duncan (1808-1864) the son of Henry Duncan founder of the TSB. He left to serve in Peebles Free church and died there of
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. Duncan was replaced in 1843 by Charles Ross who resigned in 1893 and died in
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in 1897.


Notable Interments

*Lady Emily Jane Adam of Blair Adam (1833–1906) *Robert Curror of Nivingston (1686–1768) and his son John Curror (1717–1809) *Ebenezer Michie (died 1813), friend of
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* Mary Lundie Duncan, author of the "Cleish Hymn", ''Jesus Tender Shepherd Hear Me'' (wife of Rev William Wallace Duncan)


Nivingston House

Nivingston is of long-standing but the current Nivingston House dates from the late 19th century and operates as a country house hotel. It lies to the south-east of the village.


Cleish Hills

The low rolling hills to the south extend to
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which are less dramatic than the
Lomond Hills The Lomond Hills are a group of hills on the border of Fife and Kinross-shire in central Scotland, including East Lomond, West Lomond, and also Bishop Hill. At , West Lomond is the highest point in the Lomonds as well as the highest point in Fif ...
to their east. Several small lochs including Loch Glow and the Black Loch lie amongst the hills. Loch Fitty lies on the southern side of the hills. The highest point is
Dumglow Dumglow (379 m) is the highest peak of the Cleish Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located north of Dunfermline Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Fir ...
(379m). The hills are geologically complex consisting of a variety of
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s of
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age within which are some
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s and into which other
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s have been
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. The sedimentary rocks are a collection of
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s and
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s and
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s assigned to the
Strathclyde Strathclyde ( in Welsh language, Welsh; in Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, meaning 'strath
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and
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groups. Two separate sills are identified; one forming a part of the Midland valley Sill-complex consisting of
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-micro
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and to the south, the Hawkcraig Point Sill of
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-microgabbro, part of a wider Carboniferous to
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set of intrusions.
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lies at the western end of the hills.


References

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