Castle Hill

Castle Hill is a peak in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 430 feet. Castle Hill is situated near the village Auchtertool, as well as near the neighborhood Newbigging.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Loch Gelly and Auchtertool Parish Church.

Loch Gelly

Lake

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Auchtertool Parish Church

Church

Photo: Stewart Glasson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hallyards Castle

Ruins

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hallyards Castle or Halyards, located to the north-west of the village of Auchtertool, is reputed to have been a hunting seat of Malcolm Canmore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burntisland and Aberdour.

Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.

Aberdour

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aberdour is a small town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.

Kirkcaldy

Photo: Kilnburn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirkcaldy is a town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland. It's called "The Lang Toun" due to the collection of villages that stretched along the coast.

Castle Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 430 feet
Category: landform
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.0994° or 56° 5′ 58″ north

Longitude

-3.2641° or 3° 15′ 51″ west

Elevation

430 feet (131 metres)

Open location code

9C8R3PXP+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 102694863

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Auchtertool and Newbigging.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: King George’s Field and Auchtertool Village Hall.

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