Castle Hill
Castle Hill is a peak in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 430 feet. Castle Hill is situated nearby to the village Auchtertool, as well as near the neighborhood Newbigging.Places of Interest
Highlights include 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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burntisland and Aberdour.
Burntisland
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.0994° or 56° 5′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.2641° or 3° 15′ 51″ westElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
9C8R3PXP+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 102694863OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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