Upper Hirst

Upper Hirst is a house in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Upper Hirst is situated nearby to Market Cross of Culross, as well as near the garden Culross Old School Yard.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Market Cross of Culross and Culross Town House.

Market Cross of Culross

Photo: Kristijrn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Culross mercat cross is located in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Now Category A listed, its base dates to the original 16th-century mercat cross. Its shaft and capital, meanwhile, are 1902 replacements, the work of John William Small and Alexander Neilson. Market Cross of Culross is situated 370 feet northwest of Upper Hirst.

Culross Town House

Town hall

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Culross Town House, also known as Culross Tolbooth, is a municipal structure in the Sandhaven area of Culross, Fife, Scotland. The building, which now serves as a visitor centre, is Category A listed. Culross Town House is situated 630 feet west of Upper Hirst.

Culross Palace

Museum

Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culross Palace is a late 16th to early 17th century merchant's house in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The palace, or "Great Lodging", was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock. Culross Palace is situated 840 feet west of Upper Hirst.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Culross and Preston Island.

Culross

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Culross is a very attractive village in Fife on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. In the 16th and 17th centuries its merchants grew rich from coal, salt and limestone, trading especially with the Low Countries, and building themselves fine town houses.

Preston Island

Locality

Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Preston Island is a former artificial island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The reclaimed land was once used for salt production, using local coal. It is part of Fife.

Torryburn

Village

Torryburn is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline. Torryburn is situated 2½ miles east of Upper Hirst.

Upper Hirst

Type: House
Address: Culross
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.05492° or 56° 3′ 18″ north

Longitude

-3.62716° or 3° 37′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C8R393F+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 932348183

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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