Wemyss Castle

Wemyss Castle is situated in Wemyss on the sea cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland. Wemyss Castle is considered to be a multi-period building, and today's castle includes many elements from former periods such as the 15th-century tower and the 19th-century stables and gatepiers.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wemyss Castle and St Adrian’s Church And Churchyard, Main Street, West Wemyss.

Wemyss Castle

Garden

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Wemyss Castle is a garden, which is situated 680 feet northwest of Wemyss Castle.

St Adrian’s Church And Churchyard, Main Street, West Wemyss

Church

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St Adrian’s Church And Churchyard, Main Street, West Wemyss is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Wemyss Castle.

Macduff’s Castle

Ruins

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MacDuff's Castle is a ruined castle near East Wemyss, in Fife, Scotland. The site is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the Middle Ages, although nothing survives from this period. Macduff’s Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wemyss Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Wemyss and Coaltown of Wemyss.

West Wemyss

Village

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West Wemyss is a village lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2007 population estimate, the village has a population of 237.

Coaltown of Wemyss

Village

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Coaltown of Wemyss is a village in south-east Fife, Scotland, around 5 km north of Kirkcaldy. The town was built in the 1890s as an estate village on the lands of nearby Wemyss Castle to house - as the name implies - mineworkers employed in several coal mines in the area.