Balfarg
Balfarg is a suburb in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Balfarg is situated nearby to the hamlet Gateside, as well as near the suburb Cadham.Places of Interest
Highlights include Balfarg and Pitcairn House.
Balfarg
Stone
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. With the development of Glenrothes new town in the latter half of the 20th Century an adjacent residential area was developed around the complex carrying the same name.
Pitcairn House
Manor estate
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pitcairn House is a ruined 17th century laird's house, located in the modern Collydean residential area of Glenrothes, in Fife, Scotland. Pitcairn House was not, as is sometimes reported, built by the Picts, a people whose culture disappeared from Scotland around the 10th century.
Glenrothes Hospital
Hospital
Glenrothes Hospital is a health facility in Lodge Rise, Glenrothes, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Fife.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Markinch and Glenrothes.
Markinch
Town
Photo: Mcwesty, Public domain.
Markinch is both a village and a parish in the heart of Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530.
Glenrothes
Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Glenrothes is a large town in Fife, with a population in 2016 of 38,510. It's a post-War "New Town" with uninspiring architecture and not normally a town people visit.
Star
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Star, also known as Star of Markinch ), is a small village in Fife, Scotland. The name of Star derives from the causeway over the Star Moss, a raised bog to the northwest of the village which drains out to land to the north of the village. Star is situated 2 miles east of Balfarg.
Balfarg
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.21407° or 56° 12′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.16006° or 3° 9′ 36″ westElevation
335 feet (102 metres)Open location code
9C8R6R7Q+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2656525871OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13268349
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