Newark Castle, St Monans

Name: Newark Castle
Address: St Monans, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in St Monans

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Newark Castle is a ruin located just west of St Monans, on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. The building stands in a dramatic location, overlooking the North Sea. The upper storeys are ruinous, but vaulted cellars survive, hidden from view. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°12'4"N, 2°46'35"W

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St Monans United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Elie Golf Club, Kellie Castle, Scottish Fisheries Museum, Pittenweem Priory.

2.4 miW
Golf
Elie Golf Club, Elie and Earlsferry
62 min walk • Elie Golf Club, also known as Earlsferry Links Golf Course, is a coastal links golf club in Elie and Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland.
2.5 miN
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Kellie Castle, Pittenweem
64 min walk • Kellie Castle is a castle just outside Arncroach and below the dominant hill in the area, Kellie Law. it is about 4 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
3.4 miNE
Specialty museum, Maritime museum, Museum
Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
86 min walk • The Scottish Fisheries Museum is a museum in Anstruther, Fife, that records the history of the Scottish fishing industry and its people from earliest times to the present day.
2.1 miNE
Monastery
Pittenweem Priory, Pittenweem
53 min walk • Pittenweem Priory was an Augustinian priory located in the village of Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. Originally a Benedictine community founded from Reading Abbey in England and based on the Isle of May, it was relocated to Pittenweem by 1318, and placed under the control of the Augustinian canons regular of St Andrews Priory.
0.7 miSW
Ruins, Forts and castles
Ardross Castle, Elie and Earlsferry
19 min walk • Ardross Castle was a c.14th century castle that was located in Elie and Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland, near the sea.
4.9 miN
Forts and castles
Pittarthie Castle
125 min walk • Pittarthie Castle was a laird’s fortified house in Fife, Scotland. The ruins of the structure are located 2.5 kilometres southwest of Dunino, and 6.5 kilometres northwest of Anstruther. The name is spelled Pittarthie and Pittairthie in extant records. The ruins are protected as a scheduled monument.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Caves of Caiplie
147 min walk • The Caves of Caiplie, Caplawchy or Caiplie Coves, known locally as The Coves are a cave system on the Fife Coastal path between Anstruther and Crail in Scotland. The caves were the site of early Christian worship. After this they were used by farmers to house livestock and as a doocot, around 170 CE.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kilconquhar Loch
51 min walk • Kilconquhar Loch is a Scottish freshwater loch. This small shallow loch is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is located beside the village of the same name in the east of Fife, within a mile to the north of the coastal village of Elie.