Couston Castle

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Couston Castle is an L-plan tower house dating from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth centuries, just north east of Dalgety Bay, at the edge of Otterston Loch in Fife, Scotland. It is built on the site of an earlier building. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°3'5"N, 3°20'13"W

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Couston Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aberdour Castle, Inchcolm Abbey, Central Park, Deep Sea World.

1.5 miE
Medieval castle with gardens and a sundial
Aberdour Castle, Aberdour
39 min walk • Aberdour Castle is in the village of Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built at around the same time.
2 miSE
Island-based medieval abbey complex
Inchcolm Abbey, South Queensferry
52 min walk • Inchcolm Abbey is a medieval abbey located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The Abbey, which is located at the centre of the island, was founded in the 12th century during the episcopate of Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld.
4 miN
Outdoor activities, Football, Sport venue
Central Park, Cowdenbeath
102 min walk • Central Park is a multi-use stadium in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, used for football and stock car racing. It is situated in the centre of the town, just off the High Street, and has a capacity of 4,309. The pitch size is 107 x 66 yards.
3.6 miSW
Aquarium with underwater tunnel and sharks
Deep Sea World, North Queensferry
93 min walk • Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry, in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark.
3 miNW
56°4'36"N • 3°23'55"W
Adventure Golf Island, Dunfermline
76 min walk • Golf, Mini golf, Game and entertainment center
0.8 miS
Church
St Bridget's Kirk
21 min walk • St. Bridget's Kirk is a ruined church on the outskirts of Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland. It is a shell of a medieval church, dating back at least as far as 1178, and was altered in the 17th century for Protestant worship.
1.3 miW
Forts and castles
Fordell Castle
34 min walk • Fordell Castle is a restored 16th-century tower house, located 1.25 miles north-west of Dalgety Bay and 2 miles east of Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from before 1566, though most dates from 1580 or later. The chapel was rebuilt in 1650.
3.7 miSW
Bridge
Jamestown Viaduct, North Queensferry
95 min walk • The Jamestown Viaduct is part of the northern approach to the Forth Bridge in Scotland. It crosses the hamlet of Jamestown and the village of North Queensferry in Fife.
3.7 miE
Forts and castles
Rossend Castle, Burntisland
95 min walk • Rossend Castle is a historic building in Burntisland, a town on the south coast of Fife, Scotland.
3.7 miSE
Island
Inchmickery, Edinburgh
95 min walk • Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about two miles north of Edinburgh. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Innis nam Biocaire, meaning Isle of the Vicars, implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm.
3.8 miNW
56°4'33"N • 3°25'35"W
The Vine Church, Dunfermline
98 min walk • Convention center, Church