Pitreavie Castle

Pitreavie Castle is a country house, located between Rosyth and Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. It was built in the early 17th century, and was extensively remodelled in 1885.

Type: Building
Description: château in Fife, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Pitreavie”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inverkeithing railway station and Rosyth railway station.

Inverkeithing railway station

Railway station

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Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 10 miles north west of Edinburgh Waverley. Inverkeithing railway station is situated 1 mile east of Pitreavie Castle.

Rosyth railway station serves the town of Rosyth in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Fife Circle Line, 14.7 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley. Rosyth railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Pitreavie Castle.

Inverkeithing Parish Church

Church

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Inverkeithing Parish Church of St Peters is a Church of Scotland parish church in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. Dating from before 1139, the church has been at the centre of historic events such as the Scottish Catholic-Culdee dispute of 1250; the Inverkeithing witch hunt of 1621 to 1655; and the Inverkeithing Case of 1752, which led to the Second Secession of the Church of Scotland. Inverkeithing Parish Church is situated 4,100 feet east of Pitreavie Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosyth and Inverkeithing.

Rosyth

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Rosyth is a port in Fife in central Scotland. It was built from 1909 as housing for the workers at the Royal Navy dockyard so it's modern and industrial, with a population in 2016 of 13,780.

Inverkeithing

Town

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Inverkeithing is a coastal town, parish and historic Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. The town lies on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, 9+1⁄2 mi northwest of Edinburgh city centre and 3+1⁄2 mi south of Dunfermline.

Jamestown

Hamlet

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Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland. It is contiguous with North Queensferry and Inverkeithing, and is 9 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. Located on the south side of the Inner Bay of Inverkeithing Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth, Jamestown became an important centre for shipping and industry during the 19th century, and shipbreaking in the 20th century.

Pitreavie Castle

Category: château
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.03333° or 56° 2′ north

Longitude

-3.41667° or 3° 25′ west

Elevation

108 feet (33 metres)

Open location code

9C8R2HMM+88

GeoNames ID

2640249

Wikidata ID

Q7199034

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In Other Languages

From German to Portuguese—“Pitreavie Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Pitreavie Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo Pitreavie”

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