Monks‘ Cave
Monks‘ Cave is an archaeological site in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Monks‘ Cave is situated nearby to the peak Charles Hill, as well as near Braefoot Terminal.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inchcolm and Aberdour Castle.
Inchcolm
Islet
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Inchcolm is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into a monastery and a large Augustine Abbey in the mid 13th century.
Aberdour Castle
Photo: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdour Castle is in the village of Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built at around the same time. Aberdour Castle is situated 1¼ miles north of Monks‘ Cave.
Aberdour railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdour railway station is a railway station in the village of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line. Aberdour railway station is situated 1 mile north of Monks‘ Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberdour and Dalgety Bay.
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.
Dalgety Bay
Town
Photo: Arcaist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dalgety Bay is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, nine miles from Edinburgh city centre. The civil parish is the eighth-largest in Fife, with a population of 9,710 in 2020. Dalgety Bay is situated 2 miles west of Monks‘ Cave.
Hillend
Village
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hillend is a village in Fife, Scotland, to the east of Inverkeithing and to the west of Dalgety Bay. The village is 9.5 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. The village had a population of 217 in 2001. Hillend is situated 2½ miles west of Monks‘ Cave.
Monks‘ Cave
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.03925° or 56° 2′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.30828° or 3° 18′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C8R2MQR+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2240154001OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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