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Abbey church
Dunfermline Abbey
Church of Scotland parish church on the site of a great Benedictine abbey, where Robert the Bruce is buried.
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Dunfermline and the Forth: things to do
Places worth your time in Dunfermline and the Forth
Top places
Things to do in Dunfermline and the Forth
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Ruins
Dunfermline Palace
Ruined royal palace beside the abbey, cared for with the abbey ruins by Historic Environment Scotland.
Park
Pittencrieff Park
Park and wooded glen bought by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 and given to the people of Dunfermline the following year.
Ruins
Malcolm's Tower
Foundations of a rubble-built tower inside Pittencrieff Park, linked by name to Malcolm III; a scheduled monument.
Museum
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
The 18th-century weaver's cottage where Andrew Carnegie was born, with a memorial hall added in 1928.
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Historic house
Abbot House
Oldest secular building in Dunfermline, beside the abbey, now run by a charity with a walled garden, coffee shop and gift shop.
Library and museum
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries
The world's first Carnegie library, opened in 1883, now with museum galleries and exhibitions.
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Historic house
Culross Palace
Merchant's house of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, built by Sir George Bruce; run by the National Trust for Scotland.
Abbey
Culross Abbey
Cistercian abbey founded in 1217; its tower, transepts and choir are still used as the parish church.
Landmark
Culross Mercat Cross
Market cross with a 16th-century base and a shaft and capital replaced in 1902, among Culross's old houses.
Industrial heritage
Charlestown Lime Kilns
Fourteen large 18th-century lime kilns built by the Earl of Elgin, forming a stone front 110 metres long.
Bridge
Forth Bridge
Cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth, completed in 1890 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lighthouse
North Queensferry Light Tower
Small hexagonal light tower of 1817 on the old ferry pier, designed by Robert Stevenson.
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Aquarium
Deep Sea World
Aquarium opened in 1993 in North Queensferry, known for its sand tiger sharks.
Castle
Aberdour Castle
Castle in Aberdour with parts dating from around 1200, among the oldest standing castles in Scotland.
Abbey
Inchcolm Abbey
Medieval abbey on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth, founded in the 12th century.
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Photo credits
- Dunfermline and the Forth (area photo): Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunfermline Abbey: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunfermline Palace: Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pittencrieff Park: Dkardokas, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Malcolm's Tower: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Abbot House: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries: Graeme Yuill, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Culross Palace: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Culross Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Culross Mercat Cross: Kristijrn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charlestown Lime Kilns: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Forth Bridge: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- North Queensferry Light Tower: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Deep Sea World: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Aberdour Castle: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Inchcolm Abbey: Rianess, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St Andrews: Bartolo Creations, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- East Neuk: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
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