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Culross

Culross is a very attractive village in on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. In the 16th and 17th centuries its merchants grew rich from coal, salt and limestone, trading especially with the Low Countries, and building themselves fine town houses.
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  • Type: Village with 395 residents
  • Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Royal Burgh of Culross”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Culross Palace and Culross Town House.

Museum
Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a late 16th to early 17th century merchant's house in Culross, , Scotland. The palace, or "Great Lodging", was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of .

Town hall
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Culross Tolbooth, is a municipal structure in the Sandhaven area of Culross, , Scotland. The building, which now serves as a visitor centre, is Category A listed.

Photo: Kristijrn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Culross mercat cross is located in Culross, , Scotland. Now Category A listed, its base dates to the original 16th-century mercat cross. Its shaft and capital, meanwhile, are 1902 replacements, the work of John William Small and Alexander Neilson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bo’ness and Oakley.

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Bo'ness is an industrial town in in central Scotland, with a population of 15,400 in 2022. The main reason to visit is to ride the Bo'ness and Kinneil steam railway.

Village
Photo: MARC CURRAN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Scotland located at the mutual border of and Culross parishes, Fife, 5+1⁄2 miles west of on the A907. The village was built in connection with the Forth or Ironworks, now all gone along with the colliery industry. is situated 3 miles northeast of Culross.

Town
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the , in , . The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. is situated 3½ miles west of Culross.

Culross

Latitude
56.0554° or 56° 3′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.629° or 3° 37′ 44″ west
Population
395
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ZAX
Open location code
9C8R394C+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29339537
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651728
Wiki­data ID
Q2424554
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Culross” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Culross”
  • Cebuano: “Culross”
  • Chinese: “卡尔洛斯”
  • Chinese: “卡爾洛斯”
  • Chinese: “库罗斯”
  • Dutch: “Culross”
  • French: “Culross”
  • German: “Culross”
  • Irish: “Cuileann Ros”
  • Italian: “Culross”
  • Japanese: “カルロス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Culross”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Culross”
  • Norwegian: “Culross”
  • Persian: “کالراس”
  • Russian: “Кулросс”
  • Scots: “Culross”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cuileann Ros”
  • Spanish: “Culross”
  • Swedish: “Culross”
  • “Cuileann Ros”
  • “Culross”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Culross”. Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.