Gillingshill Nature Reserve
Gillingshill Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Gillingshill Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the locality Arncroach Dean, as well as near the hamlet Newton of Balcormo.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kellie Castle and Pittarthie Castle.
Kellie Castle
Photo: MaggieMayRose, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kellie Castle is a castle just outside Arncroach and below the dominant hill in the area, Kellie Law. It is about 4 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
Pittarthie Castle
Ruins
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pittarthie Castle is the remains of what was a laird’s tower house in Fife, Scotland dating to the end of the sixteenth century. The ruins of the structure are located 2.5 kilometres southwest of Dunino, and 6.5 kilometres northwest of Anstruther.
Balcarres House
House
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balcarres House lies 1 km north of the village of Colinsburgh, in the East Neuk of Fife, in eastern Scotland. It is centred on a mansion built in 1595 by John Lindsay, second son of David, 9th Earl of Crawford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anstruther and St Monans.
Anstruther
Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
Anstruther is a fishing village on the East Neuk - the peninsula - of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. With a population of 4000 in 2022, it's the largest of a series of villages along the coast: east through Crail to the tip of Fife, and west through Pittenweem and St Monans to Earlsferry, all covered on this page.
St Monans
Village
Photo: Spiggot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Monans, sometimes spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately three miles west of Anstruther, the small community, whose inhabitants used to make their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Path.
Abercrombie
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercrombie is a village in Fife, Scotland. Abercrombie, recorded in 1157-60 as Abercrumbin, means 'mouth of the river Crombie'. The first element is the Pictish word aber 'river mouth'.
Gillingshill Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.2451° or 56° 14′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.793° or 2° 47′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C8V66W4+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 635527323OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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