Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Inchlaw or Lucklaw

Inchlaw or Lucklaw, a hill in the E end of Logie parish, NE Fife, 4 miles S of Newport. It chiefly consists of yellow felspar porphyry, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish; but its summit is composed of flesh-red felspar. Said to have been a hunting-ground of the Scottish kings, when residing at Falkland or St Andrews, and therefore sometimes called the King's Park, it rises to an altitude of 626 feet above sea-level, and commands an extensive view, particularly towards the N.—Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Logie Parish       Fife County
Place names: INCHLAW     |     INCHLAW OR LUCKLAW     |     LUCKLAW

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