Kingsbarns is a village and

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lies near the eastern coast of

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, in an area known as the

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, southeast of

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and north of

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. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store grain before being transported to the

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at Falkland. The coast around Kingsbarns is also known as a challenging

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area. Pitmilly, a former estate that was owned by the Monypenny family for over seven centuries, is located about 1.5 miles from Kingsbarns on the road to

. Ruins of two mills and the

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, Pitmilly Law, are still evident. Little remains of Pitmilly House. The civil parish has a population of 443 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930

Amenities

An inn existed in Kingsbarns for centuries, previously offering a place of refuge for pilgrims to St Andrews Cathedral. However, the 18th-century

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standing on the previously established site has reopened recently under new management The Barns at Kingsbarns

Barns Cottage in the Square is an historic building that includes the former infants' school. The village also has a church and primary school.

Notable residents

* Robert Arnot (1744–1808),

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minister,

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, and professor of

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at St. Andrews University, lived in Kingsbarns from 1800 until his death. * Charlton Monypenny (1867-1947), world record-holding sprinter, rugby player and businessman, Laird of Pitmilly. * Douglas Monypenny, (1878-1900), Scottish international Rugby player * Alexander Peebles (1856–1934), New Zealand

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and mine owner, born in Kingsbarns * James Yorkston (b. 1971), musician and writer, grew up in Kingsbarns * Vic Galloway (b. 1972), DJ, radio and TV presenter and journalist, grew up in Kingsbarns

Golf

The forming of the Kingsbarns Golfing Society in 1793 began the village's long association with golf, with the course, laid upon land leased from the

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, being in use until around 1850 when it was returned to farming. In 1922, Kingsbarns Golf Club was founded, and a nine-hole course designed by Willie Auchterlonie was laid out, but in 1939 the land was mined to prevent the Germans landing on the coast. Kingsbarns Golf Links is a man-made links course designed by

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Kyle Phillips, and developed by Mark Parsinnen. Opened in 2000, it has co-hosted the

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's Dunhill Links Championship along with the

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and

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since

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. Kingsbarns hosted the St Andrews Trophy in 2007, the

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in 2008, and the

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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Whisky

A Scotch whisky distillery opened in November 2014 and began filling barrels of spirit the following March. Kingsbarns distillery was founded by a local golf caddie who wished to convert a historic and semi-derelict farm-steading into a distillery.

Notes

External links

Kingsbarns
– information centre
Kingsbarns Golf Links
– official site
The Barns at Kingsbarns
– official site {{authority control Villages in Fife Parishes in Fife Tumuli in Scotland