Kirkton
Kirkton is a farm in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Kirkton is situated nearby to Auchtertool Parish Church, as well as near the town Lochgelly.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Auchtertool Parish Church and Hallyards Castle.
Auchtertool Parish Church
Church
Photo: Stewart Glasson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchtertool Parish Church is situated 1,200 feet west of Kirkton.
Hallyards Castle
Ruins
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Hallyards Castle is situated 1 mile north of Kirkton.
Knockdavie Castle
Ruins
Photo: John Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knockdavie Castle is a now-ruined 17th-century house in Burntisland parish, Fife, Scotland. The name probably derives from the Gaelic cnoc dubh -in " black hill ", with cnoc dabhoch “the hill farm” another theory. Knockdavie Castle is situated 1¼ miles south of Kirkton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchtertool and Lochgelly.
Auchtertool
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Lochgelly
Town
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
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 Kirkton.
Lumphinnans
Village
Lumphinnans is a small, former mining village along the B981 road, from west to east between the towns of Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly, in central Fife. Lumphinnans Primary and Community School is the local primary school, its facilities available under a community use programme in the evenings. Lumphinnans is situated 3 miles northwest of Kirkton.
Kirkton
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.09672° or 56° 5′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.26983° or 3° 16′ 11″ westElevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C8R3PWJ+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 437453139OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyardGeoNames ID
13268836
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