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Lucklawhill is a hamlet one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of Balmullo in Fife, 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 (; gd, Monadh Ochail is a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross, Auchterarder and Perth. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon/ Gl ...
. The hill on which it stands is mainly composed of feldspar porphyry, with a summit of compacted
feldspar Feldspars are 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 ''plagioclase'' (sodium-calcium) felds ...
. 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, the first King of Scots was Kenneth I MacAlpin (), who founded the state in 843. Historically, the Kingdom of Scotland is thought to have grown ...
.
The Scots magazine vol. 59
'. p. 896.


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