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Abercorn Church and Graveyard – Midhope Castle loop from Abercorn

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Abercorn Church and Graveyard – Midhope Castle loop from Abercorn

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Abercorn Church and Graveyard – Midhope Castle loop from Abercorn

01:46

6.59km

80m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Abercorn Parish Church and Churchyard

Highlight • Religious Site

Signs from the A904 a couple of miles west of Queensferry and the south end of the Forth Road Bridge point visitors to Abercorn Church. The signs lead you to the tiny hamlet of Abercorn and to the walled drive leading to the gates of Abercorn Parish Church.

The church is instantly appealing. Your first view is of its south side, across a large churchyard surrounded by trees. The nave is largely obscured by a series of aisles projecting to the south, the most easterly of which gives a clear indication that at least some of the church is very old.

This is the Duddingston Aisle, which comes with a date of 1603 carved into its external wall. But it is all too easy to overlook a nearby indication that part of the church goes back much, much further. This is the blocked up doorway in the south wall of the church, immediately to the east of the Philipstoun burial enclosure. Complete with its understandably faded chevron decoration, the doorway has been dated to the 1100s, when it probably gave access to a small two celled church.

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Abercorn Church and Graveyard

Highlight • Historical Site

Abercorn Church is situated in a peaceful spot surrounded by trees. While the majority of the church dates from the 17th century, parts are much older, including a now-blocked doorway that dates to the 12th century.

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2.69 km

Abercorn Zigzags

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Lovely wee gravel path linking hopetoun to the beach

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3.96 km

Midhope Castle

Highlight • Castle

The builder of Midhope Castle, which was built in the late 16th century, is Alexander Drummond of Midhope of the Drummond clan. It later passed to the Earls of Linlithgow of the Livingstone Clan. Two additions on the east side were added at an unspecified date in the 17th century.

Midhope Castle was the location of Lallybroch's Outlander television series based on the books of Diana Gabaldon's Highland saga. (Wikipedia)

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.03 km

1.96 km

1.38 km

151 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.15 km

1.22 km

1.07 km

890 m

750 m

320 m

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Wednesday 12 August

27°C

13°C

34 %

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Abercorn Church and Graveyard – Midhope Castle loop from Abercorn

Abercorn Parish Church and Churchyard

Abercorn Church and Graveyard

Abercorn Zigzags

Midhope Castle

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