St Athernase Church

St Athernase Church is a Romanesque church located in , , Scotland. It is a Category A listed building and remains in use as a Church of Scotland parish church.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Church of Scotland
  • Description: church in Fife, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Leuchars Parish Church”, “St Athernase”, and “St Athernase Church, Leuchars”
  • Address: Leuchars

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leuchars Castle and Leuchars railway station.

Archaeological site
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, was a castle that was located near Leuchars, , Scotland. A motte and bailey castle was built in the 12th century. The town was created a barony in the time of King William the Lion. is situated 1,800 feet north of St Athernase Church.

Railway station
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serves the towns of and in , . The station is the last northbound stop before . The station was built as Leuchars Junction station for the route over the Tay Bridge to Dundee, the previous Leuchars station being on the line to . is situated 3,300 feet southwest of St Athernase Church.

Aerodrome
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Leuchars Station is a British Army installation located in , , on the east coast of , near to the historic town of . Formerly RAF Leuchars, it was the second most northerly air defence station in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leuchars and Guardbridge.

Town
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is a town and parish near the north-east coast of in . The civil parish has a population of 5,754 and an area of 13,357 acres.

Village
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is a town in the north-east of , on the east coast of . It is approximately 3 miles north-west of , and is situated on the estuary of the River Eden, at the junction of the A91 road between St Andrews and and the A919/A914 road between and the Tay Road Bridge.

Village
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is a village in , Scotland. It is 7 miles from the town of and near to the villages of , , and . Army base is also nearby. is situated 1½ miles west of St Athernase Church.

St Athernase Church

Latitude
56.38167° or 56° 22′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.88337° or 2° 53′ 0″ west
Inception
<1200
Open location code
9C8V94J8+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 271281391
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­basilica
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­church_of_scotland
Wiki­data ID
Q3580975
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“St Athernase Church” goes by many names.

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