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Bowershall
Location within Fife
OS grid reference NT0991
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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56°06′N3°28′W / 56.10°N 03.46°W / 56.10; -03.46 Coordinates: 56°06′N3°28′W / 56.10°N 03.46°W / 56.10; -03.46

Bowershall is a village in Fife, Scotland, UK, situated near Craigluscar Hill, two miles north of Dunfermline, one mile north of Townhill, and to the west of Loch Fitty, south of the B915.

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References

  1. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots Online. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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