Fife Ness Lighthouse
Fife Ness is a headland forming the most eastern point in Fife, Scotland. Anciently the area was called Muck Ross, which is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Muc-Rois meaning "Headland of the Pigs".Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse at Fife Ness, Scotland
- Also known as: “Fife Ness”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crail Golfing Society and Crail Museum.
Crail Golfing Society
Building
The Crail Golfing Society is a Scottish golf club established in February 1786 in the Golf Hotel, Crail, Fife. The society is the seventh oldest golf club in the world. Crail Golfing Society is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.
Crail Museum
Museum
Photo: Dbrooke1829, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crail Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.
Crail Parish Church
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crail Parish Church is an ancient church building in Crail, Fife, Scotland. It is Category A listed, its oldest part dating to the 12th century. The walls and gravestones of its kirkyard are also Category A listed. Crail Parish Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crail and Kingsbarns.
Crail
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crail is a coastal village and former royal burgh and community council area in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated population of 1,630. Crail is situated 2 miles southwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.
Kingsbarns
Village
Photo: S.moeller, Public domain.
Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland lies near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles north of Crail. Kingsbarns is situated 3 miles northwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.
Kilrenny
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilrenny is a village in Fife, Scotland. Part of the East Neuk, it lies immediately to the north of Anstruther on the south Fife coast. The first element of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic cill, meaning 'church'. Kilrenny is situated 5 miles southwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.
Fife Ness Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.27883° or 56° 16′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.58587° or 2° 35′ 9″ westHeight
39 feet (12 metres)Operator
Northern Lighthouse BoardOpen location code
9C8V7CH7+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 898145479OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q26094938
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In Other Languages
“Fife Ness Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Fife Ness”
- French: “Phare de Fife Ness”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tide Mill and Constantine’s Cave.
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