St Monans
St Monans, sometimes spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately three miles west of Anstruther, the small community, whose inhabitants used to make their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Path.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Spiggot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Monans Church and Newark Castle.
Newark Castle
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newark Castle is a ruin located just west of St Monans, on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. The building, built in the 15th century, stands in a dramatic location, overlooking the North Sea.
Ardross Castle
Ruins
Photo: Paul Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardross Castle was a c.14th-century castle that was located in Elie and Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland, near the sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abercrombie and Pittenweem.
Abercrombie
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercrombie is a village in Fife, Scotland. Abercrombie, recorded in 1157-60 as Abercrumbin, means 'mouth of the river Crombie'. The first element is the Pictish word aber 'river mouth'.
Pittenweem
Village
Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pittenweem is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747.
Arncroach
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arncroach is a small village situated in the east of Fife, four miles inland of the fishing village of Pittenweem and around 10 miles away from St Andrews, on the east coast of Scotland. Arncroach is situated 2½ miles north of St Monans.
St Monans
- Type: Village with 1,230 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: town, small burgh, and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.20515° or 56° 12′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.76552° or 2° 45′ 56″ westPopulation
1,230Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SMCOpen location code
9C8V664M+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 26347906OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“St Monans” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “St Monans”
- Basque: “St Monans”
- Cebuano: “Saint Monance”
- Cebuano: “St Monans”
- Chinese: “圣莫南斯”
- Dutch: “St Monans”
- French: “St Monans”
- German: “St Monans”
- Irish: “Cill Mhaoininn”
- Italian: “Saint Monans”
- Italian: “St Monans”
- Japanese: “セント・モナンズ”
- Persian: “سنت مونانز”
- Scots: “St Minnins”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Mhaoininn”
- Spanish: “St Monans”
- Swedish: “Saint Monance”
- Swedish: “St Monans”
- Welsh: “St Monans”
- “St Monans”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Craigiewells and Newton of Balcormo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Monans Heritage Collection and St Monans Church Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Monans”. Photo: Spiggot, CC BY-SA 3.0.