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.
Hopetoun Monument West Lomond summit Looking back to Norman’s Law
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