Rossend Castle
Rossend Castle is a tower house. Inside Burntisland’s locality is where it stands. It holds the status of a category B listed building.
Castle in Burntisland
Inside Burntisland
Rossend Castle is inside Burntisland’s locality, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Burntisland has 139 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
The warmest months in Burntisland are July and August, with highs of 19°C.
Rossend Castle
Articles on it exist in 6 languages. Add Edinburgh Castle, 12 km away, to a visit; it leads 145 places within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- in Burntisland
Rossend Castle on the map
Numbered points are the places near Rossend Castle, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Burntisland’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Where people come from
Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Burntisland
Kinghorn
Compare the 2 towns
| Town | Where Rossend Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burntisland | It’s in town | 6,259 | 9 |
| Kinghorn | 2.5 km east of it | 2,944 | 7 |
More to see nearby
Among the 145 within 15 km are 2 castles, 2 art galleries and 2 museums.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle12 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery12 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse13 km away4
CastleAberdour Castle3.6 km away5
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland13 km away6
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral13 km away7
MuseumHMY Britannia9.4 km away8
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery12 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Rossend Castle in questions
Where is Rossend Castle?
Rossend Castle is in Burntisland, Fife, inside the town’s locality.
What is Rossend Castle?
Tower house in Fife, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Rossend Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in Burntisland, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Rossend Castle a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Rossend Castle?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (12 km), National Gallery (12 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (13 km) and Aberdour Castle (3.6 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 (9)
- Rossend Castle: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdour Castle: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMY Britannia: Akiramenai, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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