What is recorded here
Kilminning Castle in Fife, Scotland, may have begun as an early Medieval chapel beside a long cist cemetery. People may have prayed, buried their dead and marked the edge of settled land at that exact spot. The castle name came later, but the older functions still shape the place.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kilminning Castle as Chapel (early Medieval)(possible), Long Cist Cemetery (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
KilminningFarmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 45 yd
Crail AirfieldPillbox (20th Century) · 263 yd
Fife NessBurgh (medieval) · 400 yd
Kilminning Coast Wildlife ReserveNature reserve · 457 yd
Long Man's GraveMound (period Unassigned) · 959 yd
Balcomie CastleCastle (medieval), Farmhouse (period Unassigned), Garden (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1478 yd
Constantine's Cave, Fife NessCave (period Unassigned), Rock Carving(s) (period Unassigned), Inorganic Material (glass)(roman), Unidentified Pottery (period Unassigned) · 1581 yd
Constantine's CaveCave · 1590 yd
The Fife Coastal PathVisitor information · 1.0 mi
Balcomie SandsBeach / strand · 1.0 mi
Denburn WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Crail, CemeteryCemetery (21st Century) · 1.1 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0