Lucklawhill is a hamlet one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of
Balmullo
Balmullo ( Gaelic: ''Baile Mhullaich'') is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars. Army base Leuchars Station is also nearby.
History
The nam ...
in
Fife
Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...
, Scotland. Historically, Lucklawhill belonged to the
Logie parish.
Westwood's Parochial Directory for the Counties of Fife and Kinross
'. 1862. pp. 166-167.
Lucklaw Hill is located above sea level and marks the eastern extremity of the
Ochil Hills
The Ochil Hills (; ) is a range of hills in Scotland north of the River Forth, Forth valley bordered by the cities of Stirling, Perth, Scotland, Perth and the towns of Alloa, Kinross, and Auchterarder . The only major roads crossing the hil ...
. The hill on which it stands is mainly composed of
feldspar porphyry, with a summit of compacted
feldspar
Feldspar ( ; sometimes spelled felspar) is a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, also containing other cations such as sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium. The most common members of the feldspar group are the ''plagiocl ...
.
[ Late 18th and early 19th century authors wrote that Lucklaw Hill was an ancient hunting park belonging to the ]Kings of Scotland
The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. According to tradition, Kenneth I MacAlpin () was the founder and first King of the Kingdom of Scotland (although he never held the title historically, being King of the ...
.
The Scots magazine vol. 59
'. p. 896.
References
Hamlets in Fife
Hills of Fife
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