Balgownie Wood
Balgownie Wood is a forest in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Balgownie Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Shiresmill, as well as near the locality Kirkton Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Culross Palace and Culross Abbey.
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 Abbey
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culross Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Culross, Scotland, headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Culross. Part of it is still used as the local parish church by the Church of Scotland.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culross and Oakley.
Culross
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Oakley
Village
Photo: MARC CURRAN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakley is a village in Fife, Scotland located at the mutual border of Carnock and Culross parishes, Fife, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Dunfermline on the A907. The village was built in connection with the Forth or Oakley Ironworks, now all gone along with the colliery industry.
Blairhall
Village
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blairhall is a village in West Fife, Scotland. It is situated 1.1 miles west of Comrie, and 6.7 miles west of Dunfermline.
Balgownie Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.0775° or 56° 4′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.6276° or 3° 37′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C8R39GC+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 95070525OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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