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Auchtertool in the region of Scotland is a place in United Kingdom - some 342 mi or ( 551 km ) North of London , the country's capital city .

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Time in Auchtertool is now 02:33 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Thornton, Stirling, Sheffield, Perth, and Manchester. Since you are here already, consider visiting Thornton . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Auchtertool ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Along The Fife Coast By Steam Train (1)

1:10 min by Gordanovich
Views: 1992 Rating: 0.00

Looking over the Firth of Forth from the south coast of Fife, on the SRPS Edinburgh and Fife Circle railtour. Steam engine 61994 "The Great Marquess", an ex-LNER K4 2-6-0, is the motive power. www.lne ..

Along The Fife Coast By Steam Train (2)

1:08 min by Gordanovich
Views: 1897 Rating: 5.00

Looking over the Firth of Forth from the south coast of Fife, on the SRPS Edinburgh and Fife Circle railtour. Steam engine 61994 "The Great Marquess", an ex-LNER K4 2-6-0, is the motive power. www.lne ..


Scottish Highland Games Pipe Band Parade Burntisland Fife Scotland

1:40 min by tourscotland
Views: 738 Rating: 5.00

Tour Scotland video of the Scottish Highland Games Pipe Band parade in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The 2nd oldest highland games in the world featuring highland dancing, pipe bands, heavyweights, rac ..

The Amazing Guinea Pig Auctioneer

0:49 min by jake0711
Views: 400 Rating: 4.80

Introducing Clive, the world's fastest talking Guinea Pig, as he delivers a dazzling display of tongue-tangling verbal gymnastics from the auctioneer's rostrum ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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). The Tiel Burn flows a few hundred yards south of the kirk and village, which was formerly known as Milton of Auchtertool. The parish belonged to the diocese of Dunkeld, having been gifted to Bishop Gregory by King David I in the twelfth century.

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Located at 56.10 -3.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Villages in Fife

Halyards Palace

Located to the north-west of the village of Auchtertool, the Palace of Halyards (or Hallyards Castle) is reputed to have been a hunting seat of Malcolm Canmore. With the establishment of the Roman Church, Halyards became the local residence of the Bishops of Dunkeld; it remained so until the first lay proprietor took possession in 1539. The influence that Halyards had on the district cannot be overstated.

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Located at 56.11 -3.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Castles in Fife, Country houses in Scotland

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament constituency)

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from most of the old Kirkcaldy constituency and parts of Dunfermline East constituency.

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Located at 56.10 -3.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 2005 establishments in Scotland, Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster), Politics of Fife, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 2005, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies represented by a sitting Prime Minister

Mossmorran

The Mossmorran NGL (natural gas liquids) fractionation plant is part of the North Sea Brent oil and gas field system located on the outskirts of Cowdenbeath, Fife. After the gas is separated from oil on the platforms offshore, the gas is then pumped ashore in the FLAGS and Fulmar pipelines to a terminal at St Fergus operated by AvantiGas. At the St Fergus Gas Plant the methane is separated from the rest of the gas product.

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Located at 56.10 -3.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Economy of Scotland, Energy in the United Kingdom, Fife, Natural gas plants, North Sea energy

Craigkelly transmitting station

The Craigkelly transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Craigkelly north of the Firth of Forth above the town of Burntisland in Fife, Scotland. It has a 125-metre tall free-standing lattice tower. The station came into service in 1968 to improve coverage of BBC 2 to the Edinburgh area, which has a number of hills blocking good reception from Black Hill.

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Located at 56.07 -3.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Transmitter sites in Scotland