Boarhills

Boarhills
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Coordinates	56 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 42 ′  W
Boarhills
Residents	80 2001 census
administration
Post town	ST ANDREWS
ZIP code section	KY16
prefix	01334
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Fife
British Parliament	North East Fife
Scottish Parliament	North East Fife

Boarhills is a hamlet in the East Neuk region of the Scottish Council Area Fife . It is located about five kilometers southeast of St Andrews and nine kilometers north of Anstruther near the confluence of the Kenly Waters in the North Sea .

history

To the northwest of Boarhills, a basement and a presumably Iron Age Promontory Fort are evidence of the early settlement of the area. In the late 18th century, the villa Kenly Green House was built on the southern edge of the hamlet . The Boarshill Old Schoolhouse dates from 1815. The neo-Gothic Boarhills Parish Church dates from the 1860s. As part of the defense line along the North Sea coast were at times even at the Boarhills WWII Pillboxbunker built that enjoy historical monument today.

Between 1961 and 2001, Boarhills' population fell from 128 to 80.

traffic

Boarhills is located off the coast road A917 (St Andrews - Upper Largo ) and thus has access to a trunk road. The road runs through the built in 1793 arch bridge Kenly Bridge .

With the Fife Coast Railway , the railway arrived in Boarhills in 1883. However, the local train station and the line were closed in 1965.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
7. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
8. ↑ census data
9. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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