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".

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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

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Crail Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Fife Ness Lighthouse.

Crail Parish Church

Church

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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

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Crail is a coastal village and 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

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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
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Latitude

56.27883° or 56° 16′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.58592° or 2° 35′ 9″ west

Height

39 feet (12 metres)

Operator

Northern Lighthouse Board

Open location code

9C8V7CH7+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 898145479

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata 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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