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hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, tee box, a #Fairway and rough, fairway, the #Fairway and rough, rough and other hazard (golf), hazards, and ...

mansion A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word ''manse'' originally defined a property l ...

hillfort A hillfort is a type of fortification, fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late Bronze Age Europe, European Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, Iron Age. So ...

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

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Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...

council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A council area is one of the areas defined in Schedule 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and is under the control of one of the local authorities in Scotland created by that Ac ...

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

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Abercrombie Abercrombie may refer to: People * Abercrombie Lawson (1870–1927), botanist and professor * Abercrombie (surname) (list of people with the family name Abercrombie) Places Antarctica * Abercrombie Crests, rock summits in Antarctica Australia ...

Aberdour Aberdour (; Scots: , ) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. It is on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond. According ...

Aberdour Castle Aberdour Castle is in the village of Aberdour, 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 ...

Aberdour railway station Aberdour railway station is a railway station in the village of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line. History Opened by the North British Railway in 1890 (as part of the approach routes ...

Anstruther Anstruther ( ; ) is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the north-shore of the Firth of Forth and south-southeast of St Andrews. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester, which are divided by a st ...

, Anstruther Fish Bar * Arncroach * Auchmuirbridge *

Auchterderran Auchterderran () is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran. The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, although the first element, urcha ...

Auchtermuchty Auchtermuchty ( ; , 'upland of the pigs/boar') is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is beside Pitlour Hill and north of Glenrothes. History Until 1975 Auchtermuchty was a royal burgh, established under charter of James V of Scotland, King Jame ...

Auchtertool Auchtertool (; ) is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic ''uachdar'', meaning ''upland'' or ''heights'' above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic ''tuil'' meaning ''torrent'').Taylor, Simon (2007 ...

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* Balbirnie House, Balbirnie Park,

Balbirnie Stone Circle Balbirnie Stone Circle is an archaeological site, a stone circle on the north-eastern edge of Glenrothes, in Fife, Scotland. The site was in use from the late Neolithic period to the late second millennium BC. The prehistoric ceremonial complex o ...

* Balcomie Castle * Baldinnie *

Balfarg Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. With the development of Glenrothes new town in the latter half of the 20th Century an adjacent residential area was developed arou ...

Balfarg Henge Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. With the development of Glenrothes new town in the latter half of the 20th Century an adjacent residential area was developed aroun ...

* Balgeddie House *

Balgonie Castle Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven, Fife, River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The castle keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal unt ...

* Ballingry * Balmacolm *

Balmerino Balmerino is a small village and former monastic centre in Fife, Scotland. It is the home of Balmerino Abbey and the former Abbot of Balmerino, abbots of Balmerino who were great regional landlords. It became a secular lordship in 1605 when th ...

Balmerino Abbey Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercians, Cistercian monastery which has been ruinous since the 16th century. History It was founded from 1227 to 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronag ...

Balmullo Balmullo ( Gaelic: ''Baile Mhullaich'') is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars. Army base Leuchars Station is also nearby. History The nam ...

Bayview Stadium MGM Timber Bayview Stadium, known formerly as New Bayview, is a football stadium in the Scottish town of Methil, Fife. It is home to East Fife. It was opened in 1998, after the club relocated from the original Bayview Park across town. The st ...

Benarty Benarty is the name informally used to refer to the ex-mining towns of Ballingry and Lochore and the villages of Crosshill, Lochcraig and Glencraig. The area is situated north of Lochgelly, Fife. The name comes from Benarty Hill, locally simpl ...

Blairhall Blairhall is a village in West Fife, Scotland. It is situated 1.1 miles (1.77 km) west of Comrie, and 6.7 miles (10.783 km) west of Dunfermline. History The village was originally a small hamlet. Blairhall was in Culross parish as an ...

* Blebo Craigs * Bow of Fife * Bowershall *

Brownhills Brownhills is a historic market and industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall of the West Midlands county, England. The town is located south of Cannock Chase and close to the large Chasewater reservoir, it is northeast of Walsa ...

Buckhaven Buckhaven is a town on the east coast of Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth between East Wemyss and Methil. Buckhaven is on the Fife Coastal Path, and near to Wemyss Caves and Largo Bay. History The name Buckhaven is probably from the S ...

Burntisland Burntisland ( , ) is a former Royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. It was previously known as Wester Kinghorn or Little Kinghorn. The town has a population of 6,269 (2011). Burntisland is known ...

, Burntisland railway station

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Cairneyhill Cairneyhill is a village in West Fife, Scotland. It is 3 miles west of Dunfermline, on the A994, and has a population of around () The village's architecture is a mix of old weavers' cottages and modern suburban housing estates. The village is ...

Caves of Caiplie 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 used by farmers to house livestock and as a dovecote, doocot, ...

* Camdean *

Cameron Reservoir Cameron Reservoir is an artificial loch in the parish of Cameron in east Fife, Scotland. Covering an area of , the reservoir is fed by a catchment of and its surface level is above ordnance datum. Most of the catchment area is to the south and ...

* Carden Tower *

Cardenden Cardenden () is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately northwest of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new rail ...

Cardenden railway station Cardenden railway station is a railway station in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, north of . It opened to traffic in 1848, on the ''Dunfermline Branch'' of the Edinburgh and Norther ...

* Carnbee *

Carnock Carnock () is a village and parish of Fife, Scotland, west of Dunfermline. It is east of Oakley, Fife. The name of the village derives from Scottish Gaelic, from ''ceàrn'' ("corner"), with a suffix denoting a toponym, thus giving " hecorne ...

Cellardyke Cellardyke is a village in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The village is to the immediate east of Anstruther (the two effectively being conjoined) and is to the south of Kilrenny. History Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny ( ...

Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...

Ceres Ceres most commonly refers to: * Ceres (dwarf planet), the largest asteroid and first to be discovered * Ceres (mythology), the Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres may also refer to: Places Brazil * Ceres, Goiás, Brazil * Ceres Microregion ...

* Charlestown *

Clackmannanshire Bridge The Clackmannanshire Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: ''Drochaid Chlach Mhannainn'') is a road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland which opened to traffic on 19 November 2008. Prior to 1 October 2008 the bridge was referred to as the upper Forth c ...

* Coaltown of Wemyss *

Collessie Collessie is a village and parish of Fife, Scotland. The village is set on a small hillock centred on a historic church. Due to rerouting of roads, it now lies north of the A91. Though a railway embankment was constructed through the middle of ...

Comrie Comrie may refer to: Places *Comrie (crater), a lunar crater *Comrie, Fife, a village in Fife, Scotland *Comrie, Perth and Kinross, a village and parish in Strathearn, Scotland People with the surname

*Aaron Comrie (born 1997), Scottish footba ...

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 20 ...

* Craigluscar Hill * Craigrothie * Craigtoun Country Park *

Crail Crail (; ) is a former royal burgh, parish and Community council#Scotland, community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated population of 1,630 (2018). Etymology The ...

Crail Golfing Society The Crail Golfing Society is a Scottish golf club established in February 1786 in the Golf Hotel, Crail, Fife. The society is the seventh oldest golf club in the world. Its oldest course, Balcomie, was formally laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1 ...

* Crombie * Crossford * Crossgates * Crosshill *

Culross Culross (/ˈkurəs/) (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cuileann Ros'', 'holly point or promontory') is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross ...

Culross Palace Culross Palace is a late 16th to early 17th century merchant's house in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The palace, or "Great Lodging", was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce of Carnock, George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock. The house ...

* Cult Hill *

Cupar Cupar ( ; ) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fife, and the ...

Cupar railway station Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided by ScotRail and C ...

Cupar Muir Cupar Muir or Cuparmuir is a hamlet or small village situated just outside the town of Cupar, Fife. Lying around north of Edinburgh, it had a population of around 229 in 2011. The settlement was primarily developed around quarrying of stone, bu ...

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Dairsie Dairsie, or Osnaburgh, is a village and parish in north-east Fife, Scotland. It is south-southwest of Leuchars Junction, and east-northeast of Cupar on the A91 Stirling to St Andrews road. The village grew out of two smaller settlements (call ...

Dalgety Bay Dalgety Bay () is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, 9 miles from Edinburgh city centre. It is part of the Greater Dunfermline Area and is connected to Inverkeithing to the West. The civil pa ...

* Dogton Stone * Dollytown *

Donibristle Donibristle () was a house and estate (land), estate in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth. Only the wings of the house remain, within the modern settlement of Dalgety Bay. They are now protected as a category A listed building. D ...

* Dunearn Hill *

Dunfermline Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries. The earliest ...

Dunfermline Abbey Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was confiscated and sacked in 1560 during the S ...

Dunfermline Palace Dunfermline Palace is a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It is currently, along with other buildings of the adjacent Dunfermline Abbey, under the care of Historic Environmen ...

Dunfermline Queen Margaret Railway Station Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, north of . The station takes its name from the nearby Queen Margaret Hospital. ...

Dunfermline City Railway Station Dunfermline City railway station (formerly Dunfermline Town) is a railway station, station in the city of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, north of . History The station was op ...

* Dunshalt * Dysart

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Earlsferry Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked vill ...

East End Park East End Park, currently named KDM Group East End Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium situated in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland with a seating capacity of . The stadium plays host to the home matches of side, Dunfermline Athle ...

East Neuk The East Neuk () or East Neuk of Fife is an area of the coast of Fife, Scotland. "Neuk" is the Scots language, Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part o ...

East Wemyss East Wemyss () is a village situated on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,928. History East Wemyss was traditionally one of several coal mining communities along the south coast ...

Eden Estuary The River Eden is a river in Fife in Scotland, and is one of Fife's two principal rivers, along with the Leven. It is nearly long and has a fall of around . Course The source of the Eden is either at the confluence of the two burns (streams ...

Elie Elie may refer to: People * Elie (given name) * Elie (surname) Places *Elie, Fife, a village in Scotland, now part of the town of Elie and Earlsferry *Elie, Manitoba, Canada **Elie, Manitoba tornado See also *Elie Hall, Grenada *Elie House, cou ...

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* Falkland,

Falkland Palace Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from political and religious turmoil of her times. Today it is under th ...

Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club The Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club (also previously called the Falkland Palace Real Tennis Club) organizes play at the real tennis court in the gardens of Falkland Palace, Fife, Scotland. Built for James V of Scotland, court construction bega ...

*Fife Airport, Fife Circle Line, Fife Coastal Path, Fife Folk Museum Fife Ness *Firth of Forth *Fordell Castle, Fordell *Forgan (Fife), Forgan *Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge *Freuchie

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*Gateside, Fife, Gateside *Gauldry *Glenrothes, Glenrothes with Thornton railway station *Gowkhall *Grange of Lindores *Guardbridge

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*Halbeath *High Valleyfield *Hillend, Fife, Hillend Hill of Beath

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*Innerleven *Inverkeithing, Battle of Inverkeithing, Inverkeithing railway station *Isle of May

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*Jamestown, Fife, Jamestown

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*Kellie Castle *Kelty *Kemback *Kennoway *Kettlebridge *Kilconquhar, Kilconquhar Loch *Kilmany *Kilrenny *Kincaple *Kincardine-on-Forth, Kincardine/Kincardine-on-Forth, Kincardine Bridge, Kincardine power station *Kinghorn, Kinghorn railway station *Kinglassie *Kingsbarns *Kingseat *Kingskettle *Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Kirkcaldy railway station *Knockdavie Castle *Knockhill

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*Ladybank *Largo Bay, Largoward *Leslie, Fife, Leslie, Leslie House *Letham, Fife, Letham *Leuchars, Leuchars railway station, RAF Leuchars *Leven, Fife, Leven *Levenmouth *Limekilns *Lindores, Lindores Abbey *Lochgelly *Lochore, Lochore Meadows Country Park *Lomond Hills, Lomond Hills Regional Park *Longannet coal mine, Longannet Power Station *Losody *Low Valleyfield *Lower Largo *Lower Methil *Lumphinnans *Lundin Links *Luthrie

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*Macduff's Castle *Markinch, Markinch railway station *Methil, Methilhill *Milton of Balgonie *Morton Lochs *Mountfleurie *Mugdrum Island *Muirhead, Fife, Muirhead *Myres Castle

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*Newark Castle, Fife, Newark Castle *Newburgh, Fife, Newburgh, Newburgh railway station *Newburn, Fife, Newburn *Newmills, Fife, Newmills *Newport-on-Tay *Newton of Falkland *Norman's Law *North Queensferry, North Queensferry railway station

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*Oakley, Fife, Oakley *Ochil Hills

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*Pathhead *Pitcairn House *Pitlessie *Pitlour Hill *Pitmilly *Pitreavie Castle, Battle of Pitreavie *Pitscottie *Pittencrieff *Pittenweem, Pittenweem Priory

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*Ravenscraig Castle *River Eden, Fife, River Eden *Rockwood, Fife, Rockwood *Rossend Castle *Rosyth, Rosyth Castle, Rosyth Dockyard

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*Saline, Fife, Saline *Scotstarvit Tower *Scottish Fisheries Museum *Seafield Tower *Silversands Bay *Springfield, Fife, Springfield, Springfield railway station (Scotland), Springfield railway station *St Andrews, Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews Botanic Garden, University of St Andrews *St Monans *Star, Fife, Star *Stark's Park *Steelend *Stratheden, Fife, Stratheden *Strathkinness *Strathmiglo *Strathtyrum

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*Tay Rail Bridge, Tay Road Bridge *Tayport *Tentsmuir Forest and Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve *Thornton, Fife, Thornton *Torry Bay *Torryburn *Townhill Country Park *Tulliallan, Tulliallan Castle

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*Upper Largo

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*Wellwood, Fife, Wellwood *Wemyss Castle *West Wemyss *Windygates *Woodhaven, Fife, Woodhaven *Wormit