Dairsie Castle
You will find Dairsie Castle 2.2 km east of Cupar. Its status is a category B listed building. There are 42 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with RRS Discovery (14 km).
Castle near Cupar
Just outside Cupar
Dairsie Castle is 2.2 km east of Cupar. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Cupar has 179 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Cupar
June to August are the warmest in Cupar, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.
Dairsie Castle
Articles on it exist in 6 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 2.2 km east of Cupar
- Official site
- dairsiecastle.com
Getting to Dairsie Castle
The map puts Dairsie Castle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns that list Dairsie Castle
Dundee, with 147,365 people, is the largest of the 4. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Cupar
St Andrews
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit
Dundee
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Dairsie Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cupar | 2.2 km west of it | 8,835 | 8 |
| St Andrews | 9.1 km east of it | 16,465 | 15 |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 11 km north of it | 4,119 | 24 |
| Dundee | 16 km north of it | 147,365 | 32 |
Nearby, too
Of the 42 within 15 km, look for 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and a historic ship.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandSt Andrews Castle9.9 km away3
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee14 km away4
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee14 km away5
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandHill of Tarvit5.4 km away6
Abbey or priory · National Trust for ScotlandBalmerino Abbey10 km away7
MuseumV&A Dundee14 km away8
MuseumR&A World Golf Museum9.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Dairsie Castle
Where is Dairsie Castle?
Dairsie Castle is 2.2 km east of Cupar, Fife.
What is Dairsie Castle?
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Dairsie Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Cupar, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Dairsie Castle a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Dairsie Castle?
Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (14 km), St Andrews Castle (9.9 km), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (14 km) and St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Dairsie Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Castle: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hill of Tarvit: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balmerino Abbey: Cb43569 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R&A World Golf Museum: B4bees from Kinross, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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