North Carr
The Carr is a sandstone reef on the headland between the Firth of Forth and St Andrews Bay. There have been many ships wrecked on the reef, which lies on the busy shipping lanes into the Forth ports and the River Tay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fife Ness Lighthouse and Crail Golfing Society.
Fife Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fife Ness is a headland forming the most eastern point in Fife, Scotland. Anciently the area was called Muck Ross, which is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Muc-Rois meaning "Headland of the Pigs".
Crail Golfing Society
Building
The Crail Golfing Society is a Scottish golf club established in February 1786 in the Golf Hotel, Crail, Fife. The society is the seventh oldest golf club in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crail and Kingsbarns.
Crail
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crail is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated population of 1,630. Crail is situated 3 miles southwest of North Carr.
Kingsbarns
Village
Photo: S.moeller, Public domain.
Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland lies near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles north of Crail. Kingsbarns is situated 3½ miles west of North Carr.
Boarhills
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boarhills is a hamlet close to Kingsbarns in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. It is located off the A917 road, 4+1⁄2 miles from St Andrews and 5+1⁄2 miles from Crail, close to the mouth of Kenly Water with the North Sea. Boarhills is situated 5 miles west of North Carr.
North Carr
- Type: Rock
- Description: reef in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: reef and landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“North Carr” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “North Carr Rock”
- Dutch: “North Carr”
- Swedish: “North Carr Rock”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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