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Tayport Ferryport-On-Craig

Tayport Ice House – Tentsmuir Nature Reserve loop from Tayport

Routes

Mountain biking trails

United Kingdom

Scotland

Fife

Tayport Ferryport-On-Craig

Tayport Ice House – Tentsmuir Nature Reserve loop from Tayport

Easy

4.0

(3)

riders

Tayport Ice House – Tentsmuir Nature Reserve loop from Tayport

01:41

21.6km

50m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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879 m

View of the Tay Estuary

Highlight • River

9.60 km

Reres Wood

Forest

10.6 km

Salt and Pine Food Truck

Highlight • Rest Area

Great area for a pit stop. Toilets available nearby as well.

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13.8 km

Forest track in Tentsmuir Forest

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

An easy and pleasurable walk through the forest on a wide and accessible track. This is part of National Cycle Route 1, so it's popular with cyclists as well.

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16.4 km

The ice house was built in 1852 to store ice used to chill Salmon that was exported from here to further south. The ice would be collected from the frozen tops of local ponds in the winter and stored here to prevent it melting.

The March Stone and the Ice House first appear on a plan of the salmon fishings, drawn in 1852. At that time the high water mark was very close to the structures. Over the years as the foreshore built eastward, the Ice House and March Stone have become further from the sea.

The March Stone was erected as a boundary marker for fishing rights in 1794. The term ‘march stone’ comes from the 16th-century meaning of ‘march’ as a boundary.

The inscriptions on the stone read: ‘This stone was set up in the year 1794. The march between the Shanwell and Old Muirs salmon fishing is a straight line from the top of Norman’s Law to the low water. This march stone stands in the said straight line’.

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17.0 km

Tentsmuir Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Tentsmuir is a very special place. Within a relatively small area, there is a beautiful golden beach with clean sea, a majestic forest with lots of trails to explore, and a nature reserve that is home to lots of wildlife including seals and many species of birds, as well as spectacular wildflower displays during spring and summer.

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