Auchtertool
Auchtertool is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hallyards Castle and Auchtertool Parish Church.
Hallyards Castle
Ruins
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Hallyards Castle, located to the north-west of the village of Auchtertool, is reputed to have been a hunting seat of Malcolm Canmore. With the establishment of the Roman Church, Halyards became the local residence of the Bishops of Dunkeld; it remained so until the first lay proprietor took possession in 1539.
Loch Gelly
Lake
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Loch Gelly is a small loch in Fife, Scotland lying approximately 1.5 km to the south east of the town of Lochgelly which itself is named after the loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochgelly and Cardenden.
Lochgelly
Town
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Lochgelly is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. Lochgelly is situated 2½ miles northwest of Auchtertool.
Cardenden
Town
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Cardenden is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately four miles northwest of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden is situated 3 miles north of Auchtertool.
Burntisland
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Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.
Auchtertool
- Type: Village with 635 residents
- Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.10221° or 56° 6′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.25782° or 3° 15′ 28″ westPopulation
635Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C8R4P2R+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 29342607OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656797Wikidata ID
Q758625
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Auchtertool” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Auchtertool”
- Chinese: “奥克特托尔”
- Dutch: “Auchtertool”
- French: “Auchtertool”
- German: “Auchtertool (Schottland)”
- German: “Auchtertool”
- Irish: “Uachdar Tuil”
- Italian: “Auchtertool”
- Scots: “Auchtertool”
- Scots: “Auchtertuil”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include King George’s Field and Auchtertool Village 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 “Auchtertool”. Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.