Couston Castle
Couston Castle is an L-plan tower house dating from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth centuries, just north east of Dalgety Bay, at the edge of Otterston Loch in Fife, Scotland. It is built on the site of an earlier building.Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aberdour Castle and St Bridget’s Kirk.
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 1½ miles east of Couston Castle.
St Bridget’s Kirk
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Bridget's Kirk is a ruined church on the outskirts of Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland. It is a shell of a medieval church, dating back at least as far as 1178, and was altered in the 17th century for Protestant worship. St Bridget’s Kirk is situated 4,200 feet south of Couston Castle.
Aberdour railway station
Railway station
Photo: Walter Baxter, 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 1½ miles east of Couston Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalgety Bay and Aberdour.
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.
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.
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 1½ miles southwest of Couston Castle.
Couston Castle
- Type: House
- Description: castle in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: Tower House, castle, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.05134° or 56° 3′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.33695° or 3° 20′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C8R3M27+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 417405721OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5178847
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Couston Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Couston Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Couston”
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Highlights include Harelaw Island and Cockairnie House.
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