St Bridget’s Kirk

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.

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Type: Ruins
Description: site of historic church in Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Dalgety Bay, St Bridget’s Church”, “St Bridget’s Kirk (Dalgety)”, “St Bridget’s Kirk, Dalgety”, and “St Bridget’s Kirk, Dalgety Bay”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Donibristle and Couston Castle.

Donibristle

Chapel

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Donibristle was a house and estate in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth. Only the wings of the house remain, within the modern settlement of Dalgety Bay. Donibristle is situated 1 mile southwest of St Bridget’s Kirk.

Couston Castle

House

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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. Couston Castle is situated 4,200 feet north of St Bridget’s Kirk.

Braefoot Terminal

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Braefoot Terminal is situated 3,600 feet east of St Bridget’s Kirk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalgety Bay and Hillend.

Dalgety Bay

Town

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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.

Hillend

Village

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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 west of St Bridget’s Kirk.