Relative Hills in Fife

Fife Marilyns

Although mostly low lying, Fife does manage to boast of 7 Marilyns within it’s bounds. Not as well known as the munros, the marilyns are “relative hills” meaning they are defined by theamount of height drop rather than absolute height. To qualify as a marilyn a hill must have a drop of at least 150m on all sides between it and neighbouring high ground. More information on the marilyns and relative hills is available on the Relative Hills of Britain website.

Hill	Height	Prominence	Area
West Lomond	522m	405m	Falkland
East Lomond	424m	155m	Falkland
Benarty Hill	356m	228m	Ballingry
Largo Law	290m	197m	Upper Largo
Norman’s Law	285m	209m	Brunton
Cairnie Hill	228.9m	150.4m	Collessie
Mount Hill	221m	163m	Cupar

Marilyns whose summits are just outwith the Fife boundary but with associated ground that makes up much of the Fife hills.

Hill	Height	Prominence	Area
Innerdouny	497m	228m	Eastern Ochils
Bishop Hill	461m	179m	Scotlandwell
Dumglow	379m	251m	Cleish

Fife Humps

A Hump is a classification given to a hill of any height with a drop of at least 100m on all sides. In addition to the 7 Marilyns which are also by definition Humps, Fife has a further 7 hills that qualify as a Hump.

Hill	Height	Prominence	Area
Knock Hill	364m	112m	Saline
Saline Hill	359m	104m	Saline
Lumbennie Hill	284m	139m	Pitmedden
Ormiston Hill	236m	103m	Newburgh
Black Hill	213m	104m	Lindores
Cowden Hill	204m	116m	Lindores
Lucklaw Hill	190m	117m	Balmullo

All hill data from UK Hill Bagging.

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