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Tour
Arncroach
Rent a Self Catering Cottage in Arnroach, Fife, Scotland. This charming cottage is situated in the tiny village of Arncroach, 3 miles inland from the Fife coast and 9 miles from St. Andrews.
Rent a Self Catering Cottage in Arnroach, Fife, Scotland.
Deceptively spacious, terraced stone cottage in a rural setting on the edge of the tiny village of Arncroach, just 3 miles from the lovely Fife coast, and only 15 minutes drive from St Andrews.
"Carnbee
parish contains the villages of Arncroach, Carnbee and Newton
of Balcormie. It is bounded by Cameron, Denino, Crail, Kilrenny,
Anstruther wester, Pittenweem, St Monans and Kilconquhar. The
parish is about 4 miles square. The northern part of the parish
is moorland in character while the southern half is rich and fertile.
The parish has excellent depsoits of limestone, freestone and
coal, the latter being worked at Newton of Balcormie and Cassingray.
The parish church is in Carnbee while there is a Free Church in
Arncroach. With the exception of a few tradesmen, the inhabitants
are chiefly employed in rural labours or at the collieries. "
edited from Westwood's Directory for the counties of Fife &
Kinross published 1862.
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you would like to visit this area as part of a highly personalized
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