Arncroach
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 14 ′ N , 2 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 98 2001 census | ||
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| Post town | ANSTRUTHER | ||
| ZIP code section | KY10 | ||
| prefix | 01333 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Fife | ||
| British Parliament | North East Fife | ||
| Scottish Parliament | North East Fife | ||
Arncroach is a hamlet in the East Neuk region of the Scottish Council Area Fife . It is about three kilometers north of St Monans and nine kilometers south of St Andrews near the north bank of the Firth of Forth .
history
Kellie Castle is around 500 m east of Arncroach . It was first in 1150 in a document of the Scottish king David I mentioned. The villa Gibliston House is located around 1.2 km west of Arncroach. It was probably built around 1820 for Robert Gillespie Smith of Gibliston . In 1916 Robert Lorimer bought the villa. The Free Church of Scotland had a church building built in the center of the hamlet in 1845. In 1955 a community hall was set up there. Between 1961 and 2001, Arncroach's population was largely unchanged at 100.
traffic
Arncroach is on an unclassified back road between the B940 and the B9171. The A915 (St Andrews - Kirkcaldy ) and the coastal road A917 (St Andrews - Upper Largo ) on the Firth of Forth are within a few kilometers .
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ census data
