Spring Lindores Loch North East Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of Lindores Loch on visit near Newburgh in North Fife. Lindores Loch is a freshwater loch situated in North Fife in the Parish of Abdie. The loch is nestled in the Ochil Hills between Woodmill Hill to the west and Dunboghill to the East and Kinnaird Hill to the North. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. The old Abdie Parish Church ruins are close to the north shoreline. The ruins of Inchrye House, a grand Victorian Gothic house to which estate the loch once belonged, lay to the East. The rail line between Perth and Ladybank is located on the west shoreline. The loch was an important source of water for powering mills in the Lindores valley, where up to 13 mills of various types operated from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century. Lindores House overlooks the loch with a woodland walk beside the loch and stunning views from the garden. Lindores House was owned at one time by Rear Admiral Frederick Lewis Maitland, who captured Napoleon. He lived at Lindores House and was a founder of the Caledonian Curling Club. Maitland was born at Rankeilour, Fife on 7 September 1777, as the third son of Frederick Lewis Maitland, himself a distinguished naval officer. Having received an education at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Maitland followed his father into the Navy, spending his first years aboard the sloop HMS Martin, under Captain George Duff, followed by a period aboard the frigate HMS Southampton with Robert Forbes. Whilst aboard Southampton, Maitland was present at the Glorious First of June in 1794. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and held a number of commands. The most famous event of his career occurred when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to him aboard HMS Bellerophon, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars. Maitland died on 30 November 1839 whilst at sea on board the Wellesley, off Bombay. He was buried at Bombay. A monument was later erected by subscription to his memory in the cathedral. His wife, Lady Maitland, died in 1865 at Lindores, Fife.

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