Malcolm’s Tower

Malcolm's Tower, also known as Malcolm Canmore's Tower, is a historic site in the Scottish city of Dunfermline, Fife. It consists of the foundations of a rubble built, rectangular tower enclosed by an oval shaped modern wall and is protected as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Ruins
Description: ruins in Fife, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Malcolm Canmore’s Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dunfermline Abbey and Pittencrieff Park.

Dunfermline Abbey

Church

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Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair. Dunfermline Abbey is situated 690 feet east of Malcolm’s Tower.

Pittencrieff Park

Park

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Pittencrieff Park is a public park in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was purchased in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie, and given to the people of Dunfermline in a ceremony the following year.

Dunfermline City Chambers

Government office

Photo: Delphine Dallison, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dunfermline City Chambers is a municipal facility at the corner of Bridge Street and Kirkgate in Dunfermline, Fife. The building, which serves as home to the local area committee of Fife Council, is a Category A listed building. Dunfermline City Chambers is situated 690 feet northeast of Malcolm’s Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunfermline and Wellwood.

Dunfermline

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Dunfermline is a city in Fife, 3 miles north of the Firth of Forth in central Scotland. The city was a royal residence, ecclesiastical centre and effective capital of Scotland from the 11th century, and many monarchs are buried at its abbey.

Wellwood

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wellwood is a small village to the north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was named after the Wellwoods who used to own coalmines in the area. It has a leisure centre and a golf course.

Crossford

Village

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Crossford is a small village located in West Fife, Scotland. Its population was 2,358 in 2011. It is 1 mile west of the city Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994.

Malcolm’s Tower

Categories: building and historic site
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.06994° or 56° 4′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.46694° or 3° 28′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C8R3G9M+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 429457410

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q6742145

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