East Neuk of Fife

Golden Gates Colinsburgh East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-27T19:34:00.001+01:00

An old photograph of the Golden Gates, Colinsburgh, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old Town Hall Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-14T11:33:00.000+01:00

An old photograph of the Town Hall, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Balcomie Golf Course Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-13T12:38:00.001+01:00

An old photograph of the Balcomie Golf Course, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Herring Fishing East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-12T10:41:00.001+01:00

An old photograph of herring fishing boats in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Leven Road Lundin Links East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-10T15:21:00.000+01:00

An old photograph of Leven Road, Lundin Links, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Fisherman's House Cellardyke East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-02T20:09:00.000+01:00

Fisherman's House, Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A holiday home, comfortably furnished, with spectacular sea views.

Holiday House Cellardyke East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-07-01T11:28:00.002+01:00

Holiday House, Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This charming holiday house is just 45 yards from the sea.

Crail Holiday Cottage East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-06-29T18:43:00.001+01:00

Crail Holiday Cottage, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Charming stone holiday cottage.

Historic Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-06-15T12:27:00.001+01:00

Historic Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

White Houses Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-06-13T14:21:00.000+01:00

White houses at Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Largo Mill East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-06-04T16:36:00.000+01:00

An old view of Largo Mill, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Shore Street and Harbour Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-05-22T20:43:00.000+01:00

An old view Shore Street and Harbour, Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Earlsferry High Street East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-05-09T15:34:00.000+01:00

An old view of Earlsferry High Street, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Manse Kilconquhar East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-05-01T22:46:00.000+01:00

An old view of the Manse, Kilconquhar, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Shore Street Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-28T17:09:00.000+01:00

An old view of West Shore Street, Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Braehead St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-27T17:03:00.000+01:00

An old view of Braehead, St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Misty April Morning East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-25T21:57:00.000+01:00

A misty April morning at Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Drystone Harbour East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-24T18:20:00.001+01:00

Drystone Harbour at Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Point To Point East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-23T16:20:00.001+01:00

Point To Point Racing, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Balcormo Mains on Saturday 25th April, 2009. The first race is at 2.00 pm, preceded by pony racing at 1.00 pm.

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Sunset Earlsferry East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-20T17:47:00.000+01:00

An old view of a sunset at Earlsferry beach, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Red Boat St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-18T22:47:00.000+01:00

An April photograph of a red boat on the pier at St Monans Harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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April Upper Largo Church East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-17T19:41:00.000+01:00

An April photograph of Upper Largo Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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April Lower Largo Shoreline East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-16T19:08:00.000+01:00

An April photograph of Lower Largo Shoreline, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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April Lower Largo Harbour East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-15T21:17:00.000+01:00

An April photograph of Lower Largo Harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Pittenweem Tolbooth East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-14T15:48:00.001+01:00

Pittenweem Tolbooth, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Tolbooth was home to one of the last and most infamous witchcraft trials in Scotland. The dark events took place in the year 1704, at a time when the Church elders were the supreme arbiters of power in Scotland, with the country a theocracy in all but name. The tragedy began innocuously enough when a local woman, Beatrix Lang, asked the blacksmith's apprentice, Patrick Morton, to make her some nails. On being informed that he was busy and would make them later, Beatrix left, muttering under her breath, which the boy took to be the issuing of a curse on him. Obviously under the power of suggestion of this, Patrick Morton took ill after a few days and stopped eating, which obviously made him worse, but not before he had spoken to the local minister, Patrick Cowper, a man who obviously had his own agenda in this case. Cowper not only encouraged the boy in his claims of witchcraft against Beatrix Lang, but also gave him the names of other villagers encouraging him to denounce them in turn.

The accused were imprisoned in the tolbooth and tortured viciously, with one of their number, Thomas Brown, starving to death in his cell. Beatrix Lang was released with a fine, but chased out of the village by the locals to die in St Andrews soon after, most likely as a result of her ill-treatment. The zenith of the barbarity of the Pittenweem witch hunt was reached when Janet Cornfoot managed to escape from the tolbooth. She did not however escape from the village, and the locals, her neighbours, dragged her to the beach, where she was beaten, pelted with stones, covered with a door which then had boulders placed on top of it and finally, after death, had a horse and carriage driven back and forth over her body.

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April Lower Largo Harbour East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-13T18:52:00.000+01:00

Fairy Bridge Largo East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-12T19:40:00.000+01:00

An old view of the Fairy Bridge, Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Model Yachts Lundin Links East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-11T18:09:00.000+01:00

An old view of Model Yachts at Lundin Links, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Fisherman East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-10T15:19:00.000+01:00

Old photograph of a Fisherman, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Boat Painting St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-09T20:51:00.001+01:00

Boat painting at St Monans Harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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West Anstruther Buckie House Corner East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-08T20:40:00.000+01:00

West Anstruther, Buckie House Corner, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Anstruther Old Church Steeple East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-07T20:24:00.000+01:00

Anstruther Old Church Steeple, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Creels St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-06T20:05:00.000+01:00

An April photograph of Creels at St Monans Harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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April St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-05T17:03:00.001+01:00

An April view of St Monans and harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Anstruther Shore Street East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-04T18:46:00.000+01:00

An old view of Old Anstruther Shore Street, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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West End Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-03T13:10:00.000+01:00

An old view of the West End of Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Manse Arncroach East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-04-01T14:42:00.000+01:00

An old view of the Manse, Arncroach, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Caiplie Doocot East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-30T20:21:00.001+01:00

Caiplie Doocot, located between Anstruther and Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Waves Cellardyke East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-26T20:12:00.000Z

Waves at Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Ceramic Mermaid Cellardyke East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-25T20:50:00.001Z

A ceramic Mermaid seen in Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Doocot Kilrenny East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-24T21:23:00.001Z

Doocot Kilrenny, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Caiplie Caves East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-23T12:34:00.001Z

An old view of Caiplie Caves, located between Cellardyke and Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Kincraig Point Elie East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-22T17:41:00.000Z

An old view of Kincraig Point, Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Boy Gary East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-20T19:24:00.001Z

The Boy Gary boat in Anstruther Harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Washing Day East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-19T20:19:00.000Z

Washing Day, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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The Haven Bar and Restaurant Cellardyke East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-18T20:11:00.001Z

The Haven Bar and Restaurant, Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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March Reflections Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-17T19:53:00.001Z

March reflections at Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Selkirk Ancestry East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-16T21:10:00.002Z

Selkirk Ancestry, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

My name is Paul J. Romero, Jr. and I recently learned that I am a descendant of Alexander Selkirk of Robinson Crusoe fame. I have traced my family tree quite a bit and am very interested in my Scottish history. Such as a family coat of arms, crest, motto, colors, etc. My son Thomas graduates High School this year and will be attending the University of New Orleans in the Fall. I was looking to pass on to him
additional family history and such so he knows the roots he comes from. Thank you in advance for anything you might be able to provide. My searches have led me to Fife, Scotland where he lived. I look forward to your timely correspondence. Sincerely, PJ Romero.

Dear Paul,
I would strongly suggest that you contact the Fife Family History Society which was formed in 1989, has over 700 members and is still growing. The principal aim of the society is to promote the study of family history in Fife. Since the inception of the Society, they have tried to achieve this in a variety of ways.

In association with Fife Council Libraries, they have a Family History Room in Methil Library, which holds many primary sources such as Fife Old Parish Registers and Census Returns on microfilm. Microfilm copies of local newspapers relevant to the Levenmouth area are also held, as are the IGI for Scotland and a microfiche index to the 1881 census for many Scottish counties and to the 1891 census for Fife only, and a large stock of books embracing local and family history, maps, manuscripts, family histories as well as indexes to other census returns and court records. Several CDs of genealogical interest have recently been added to the collection.

Fife Family History Society holds regular meetings with guest speakers, featuring an interesting variety of talks, in the Caledonian Hotel, Leven. Meetings are also open to non-members. The syllabus is published in the Journal.

Over the years they have taken part in a variety of projects, including assisting with the indexing of the 1881 census. In recent years a vast amount of work was carried out in relation to the Fife section of the National Burial Index project, under the auspices of the Association of Family History Societies. As a result, Fife Family History Society produced a CD ROM of pre-1855 Deaths in Fife, which contains over a quarter of a million entries. The CD is available for sale through the Society.

Members are asked to submit a Members' Interests form when joining the Society. Members' Interests are published in the Journal, so that members with similar interests can contact each other. It is also possible for members to place queries relating to specific lines of research in the Journal.

The Society's Journal is produced three times a yeaR and sent out to members. We also have a PublIcation Club open to members of the Society. For an additional fee of £6 annually, members of the Publication Club receive an additional booklet along with their journal. This is usually a transcript of a manuscript not readily available to the public. Past publications have covered indexes to Wills and Deeds, Trade Incorporation Records, Non-Conformist Baptismal Registers and Monumental Inscriptions.

The Fife Family History Society Web Page at http://www.fifefhs.org offers some research aids as well as keeping members up to date with Society news. Exclusive to our members is our on-line mailing list, which allows members direct email contact to chat about the Society, family history, Fife etc. It is also possible to pick the brains of other members to help in problem solving.

To their members, they also offer to transcribe certificates from New Register House in Edinburgh and the Society will endeavour to answer any queries in relation to their family history research.

Subscription fees (from 1 October - 30 September annually):
Adult single UK £10, Overseas £12.
Family UK £12, Overseas £14.
Institution UK £12, Overseas £14.
Publication Club All £6.
Transcription Service £3 per certificate.

Contact Details.
Mrs Betty Pryde ( Secretary)
Glenmoriston , Durie Street, Leven, Fife, Scotland, KY8 4HF.
Tel: 01333 425321
Email: chairman@fifefhs.org
Web: http://www.fifefhs.org

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Whelks East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-15T20:40:00.002Z

Whelks, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. When I was a young boy growing up in Cellardyke, there were lots of snail like periwinkles and dog whelks, and dark red sea anemones, to be found in ever rock pool. My friends and I used to boil the whelks in any old tin can that we found on the seashore. No Health and Safety worries in those days. As I got older I discovered there were actual Scottish Whelk recipes.

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March Photograph Kellie Castle East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-14T21:35:00.002Z

A March photograph of Kellie Castle, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Kellie Castle is a castle just outside Arncroach, just north of Pittenweem. The earliest records of Kellie go back to 1150 where it is mentioned in a charter issued by King David I. The first known owner was Robert of London, the illegitimate son of King William the Lion. By 1266 Kellie had passed to the Siward family, who had hailed from Northumbria and had assisted King Malcolm Canmore to overthrow Macbeth. The estate was signed over to a Siward relative, Walter Oliphant, in 1360 and the castle remained in the ownership of the Oliphant family until 1613. It was purchased by Sir Thomas Erskine, Earl of Mar, who had saved the life of King James VI during the Gowrie Conspiracy by killing Sir Alexander Ruthven. The King stayed at Kellie in 1617 during his only visit to Scotland after the Union of the Crowns, and he appointed Erskine as Earl of Kellie in 1619.

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Lobsters East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-13T21:27:00.002Z

Lobsters, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

The flavour of Drambuie combines well with lobster in this dish. Although it does not have its origins in the local area, it satisfies a need to refine and develop some dishes using local produce so that the Scottish gastronomic map may be extended a little.

Lobster East Neuk
2 lobsters live or cooked
2 oz butter (50 g)
3-4 tbsp Drambuie
Quarter pt double cream (150 ml)
Salt and pepper

For the cheese sauce -
Half pt milk (300 ml)
1 oz flour (25 g)
1 oz butter (25 g)
1 small onion stuck with a few cloves and a Bay leaf
1 oz Dunlop cheese
Salt and pepper

For the Garnish -
8 oz mushrooms
1 oz butter, melted

If the lobsters are live, plunge them into a pan of boiling water, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove them when the water has cooled a bit. Split the lobsters in half lengthwise with a large, sharp knife. Scissors may also be used, cutting through both sides of the shell then cutting through the flesh with a knife. This gives a good clean edge.

Remove the stomach sack at the top of the head. It is about 1" long and three quarters" diameter (2.5 x 2 cm), depending on the size of the lobster. It will have split in two halves when you cut the lobster, so remove both halves and discard. Pull out and discard the blackish intestinal vein which runs right through the lobster, the greenish/ blackish soft part (brain) should be scooped out and sieved into a small bowl.

Remove the meat from the tail sections, claws, claw joints, chest sections and legs. Pull off and discard the gills which are attached to the outside of the chest at the leg joints. Scrape out any white matter which has coagulated inside the shells and add to the brain. Cut the meat into approximately 5" (1 cm) pieces. Clean out the shells and put in a warm place with the serving dish.

To make the cheese sauce, simmer the onion, cloves and bay leaf in milk for 10-15 minutes. Meanwhile make up a white roux with butter and flour and leave to cool. Strain the milk and add gradually. Season and bring to the boil slowly, stirring all the time. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cheese at the end, mixing with a whisk until it is thoroughly melted and mixed through. Add sieved brain and check seasoning.

To make up the dish, melt the butter in a large frying pan. Add the lobster meat and toss for a few minutes. Sprinkle on the Drambuie and flame. When all the flames have died down, add the cheese sauce and cook for a few minutes. Then add the cream and heat through. Adjust the consistency if necessary and check the seasoning. Pour into the shells and garnish with grilled mushrooms and sprigs of parsley. Serve immediately. Scottish Cooking.

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The Queensberry Rules Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-12T12:52:00.001Z

The Queensberry Rules, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The best thing ever to come out of Stoke-on-Trent, and taking the folk world by storm. Appearing March at Crail Folk Club, Golf Hotel, High Street, Crail, KY10 3TD, Date:12 March2009. Time: 20:00 Charge: £6.

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Fish Sauce East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-11T23:45:00.002Z

Fish Sauce, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

15 anchovies
Half pt wine vinegar (250 ml)
1 pt red wine (500 ml)
1 tbsp horseradish, scraped
2 small onions, chopped
2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
1 dsp lemon thyme
2 bay leaves
1 grated nutmeg
Half tsp ground mace
9 cloves
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Chop up anchovies and add to the vinegar. Cover and leave for a week, shaking occasionally. Put this into a pan and add all the other ingredients. Simmer for about 2 hr. Strain through a fine sieve. Add a little cochineal to improve the colour if necessary. Cool and store in a bottle.

To use, shake the bottle well, melt 2 oz butter (50 g) in a pan and add 1 tbsp of the sauce. Serve hot with fish. Scottish Cooking.

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Old Photograph Shore Street Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-10T15:55:00.000Z

An old photograph of Shore Street, Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Marketgate Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-09T16:35:00.000Z

An old view of the Marketgate, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Close Hauled Fishing Boat Lower Largo East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-08T11:51:00.000Z

An old view of a close hauled Fishing Boat, Lower Larg, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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March Shalimar East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-07T21:17:00.001Z

A photograph, taken today, of the Shalimar fishing boat in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife Scotland.

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Partan Bree East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-06T19:46:00.003Z

Partan Bree, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

This is more of a national than a regional dish, but it is made in the East Neuk of Fife whenever crabs are plentiful. Crabs are known throughout Scotland by their Gaelic name (partan) and bree simply means 'liquid' or gravy. The season lasts from January to October and the crabs are usually boiled by the fishmonger. To cook them if they are live, plunge them into a large pan of boiling water and simmer for 20 minutes. They can weigh anything from 1 and a half to 8 Ib, but for quality the best weight is about 3 lb (1.4kg). It is illegal to offer for sale crabs less than 4 and a half (10 cm) in breadth across the broad part of the back, or any crab carrying spawn (known as 'berried' crabs).

1 large cooked crab (about 2-3 Ib, 1 to 1and a half kg)
Quarter pt single cream (125 ml)
2 oz rice (50 g)
Anchovy essence to taste
1 pt milk (600 ml)
Salt and pepper
1 pt water (600 ml)
Garnish - Chopped parsley

Remove all the meat from the crab, keeping the claw meat separate. Put the rice in a pan with the milk and water. Cook till the rice is tender. Put the rice and some of the cooking liquid into a liquidiser with all the crab meat except the meat from the claws. Make into a fine puree or put all this through a sieve. Return puree to the soup and add anchovy essence and cream. Season and adjust the consistency with more milk if necessary. Add claw meat and some finely chopped parsley. Heat through but do not boil. Serve in heated soup bowls.

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Potato Soup Largo East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-05T18:54:00.004Z

Potato Soup from Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. There is a long history of fine quality seed potatoes as well as 'earlies' in this area along the coast of Fife. Further inland, sheep produce excellent mutton which combines with the potatoes in this substantial peasant style broth.

1 Ib neck of mutton (Half kg)
4 pt water (2 Litres)
4 oz finely chopped carrots (125 g)
1 and a quarter lb finely chopped onions (625 g)
1 and a half lb sliced potatoes (750 g)
Salt and pepper
Garnish - Chopped parsley

Put the mutton in a pan with water. Bring to the boil and skim.
Add carrots and onions, season with salt and pepper and simmer for 2 hours.
Add the potatoes 30 minutes before the end.
Lift out meat, remove bones and any excess fat.
Chop up finely and return to the soup.
Check seasoning and serve garnished with parsley. Scottish Cooking.

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Bagpiper St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-04T20:10:00.001Z

A Bagpiper tuning up at St Monans Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.Tour Aberdeen, Tour Edinburgh, Tour Glasgow, Tour Inverness, Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland, Rent a Cottage in Scotland. Tour Isle of Skye. Tour Scotland. Ancestry Research Scotland, Birdwatching Scotland, Guidebooks Scotland, Edinburgh Travel Guides, Coast Scotland, Guidebooks Scotland, Scotland Maps, Self Catering Scotland, Scottish Whisky, Homecoming Scotland 2009, Scottish Highland Games 2009, Tour Scotland.

March Dreel Burn Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-03T19:19:00.002Z

A March view of the Dreel Burn, Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Scottish Bridesmaids St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-02T20:30:00.001Z

Scottish Bridesmaids at St Monans Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Scottish Bride St Monans East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-03-01T20:51:00.001Z

A Scottish Bride at St Monans Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Wester Parish Church Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-28T20:49:00.000Z

Wester Parish Church, Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The former parish church of St Nicholas with its 16th century bell tower.

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Old Largo Railway Station East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-27T12:08:00.000Z

An old view of the, long closed, Largo Railway Station, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Hampton House Bed and Breakfast East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-26T14:56:00.001Z

Hampton House Bed and Breakfast, Lundin Links, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Hampton House is an old mill house dating back to 1850, Hampton House is located in the picturesque East Neuk, just off the Fife Coastal Path . Hampton House is the perfect setting for exploring the treasures of the Kingdom of Fife.

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Nethergate Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-25T11:58:00.000Z

An old view of Nethergate, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Links Road Lundin Links East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-24T11:56:00.000Z

An old view of Links Road, Lundin Links, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Elie Shipwreck Kincraig Point East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-23T11:27:00.000Z

An old view of a Shipwreck at Kincraig Point, Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Snowdrops East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-22T20:32:00.002Z

Snowdrops East Neuk of Fife Scotland. The best place to enjoy Snowdrops in the East Neuk of Fife is at Cambo Estate, kingsbarns, Scotland.

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Sands Lower Largo East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-21T17:01:00.000Z

An old view of the Sands at Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Landing The Catch Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-20T15:58:00.001Z

An old view of landing the catch at Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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High Street Earlsferry East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-19T11:45:00.000Z

An old view of the High Street, Earlsferry, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Milton Place Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-18T23:35:00.000Z

An old view of Milton Place, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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West Anstruther Bed and Breakfast East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-17T12:53:00.000Z

West Anstruther Bed and Breakfast, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Beaumont Lodge is a small informal guest house in the picturesque village of Anstruther which is close to the University and historical town of St Andrews, Home to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club and the world famous Old Course. This area is a golfing mecca, Anstruther having its' own 9 hole golf course by the shoreline, only a two minute walk from the guest house. If you are coming by car there is ample private parking in our car park.

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Sandilands Bed and Breakfast Lundin Links East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-16T12:47:00.000Z

Sandilands Bed and Breakfast, Lundin Links, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Picturesque Lundin Links and Lower Largo are 12 miles from St Andrews on the Fife Coastal Tourist Route at the gateway to the beautiful East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Luxury Self Catering Houses East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-15T12:20:00.000Z

Luxury Self Catering Houses, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. East and West Barns are located in the East Neuk of Fife, near St. Andrews and just over an hour from Edinburgh, these two luxury self-catering houses sit next to each other in beautiful open countryside overlooking the sea. Newly built from an old barn, they have stunning views over to the Firth of Forth, Isle of May, Bass Rock and they overlook the villages of Anstruther, Kilrenny and Pittenweem. Being only 7 miles from St. Andrews and Elie and 5 mins from Kingsbarns and Crail makes this an ideal location for golfers or country and beach walks.

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Luxury Self Catering Beach House Elie East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-15T12:12:00.000Z

Luxury Self Catering Beach House, Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Dalmore, is just 15 minutes drive from St. Andrews. Yards from the beach, with spectacular views, this wonderful fully modernised, 3 bedroom, ground floor apartment is well equipped, furnished to a high standard and will provide extremely comfortable holiday accommodation.

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Shoregate Self Catering East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-14T12:30:00.000Z

Shoregate Self Catering, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The cottage is situated at the end of a terrace of houses, elevated from the road which leads down to charming Crail harbour.

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Abbey Wall Self Catering Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-13T11:53:00.000Z

Abbey Wall Self Catering, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. 30a Abbey Wall Road, self-catering accommodation offers all the comfort of home and more. Overlooking the Pittenweem Harbour, Abbey Wall benefits from magnificent panoramic sea views across the Firth of Forth, especially from the lounge, French window with balcony, kitchen and bedroom one.

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Anstruther Bed and Breakfast East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-12T12:40:00.002Z

Anstruther Bed and Breakfast, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Anstruther is located in the middle of the East Neuk of Fife. The village is centered round its once bustling fishing harbour, now a picturesque busy marina. The area is famed for its golf courses, and lying just 9 miles from St Andrews, is a mecca for all golfers. With the pastel painted cottages, red pantiled roofs and winding streets leading to the small fishing harbours, the East Neuk is the ideal place to spend a relaxing break. With a variety of local pubs, restaurants and award winning Fish and Chip shops all within walking distance, we are sure you will enjoy your stay at Crichton House.

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Self Catering Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-12T10:17:00.000Z

Self Catering Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Self Catering Holiday Flat, located in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife ideal base for exploring the Fife Coastal Path, or a base to explore other Villages in the East Neuk of Fife like Elie, Crail, St Monans, Pittenween and explore further afield to St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Stirling and Dundee.

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High Tide Cottage East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-11T10:03:00.002Z

High Tide Cottage East Neuk of Fife Scotland. High Tide cottage is an excellent choice for self catering in the East Neuk. In High Tide the sitting room and bedroom provide magnificent sea-views out over the sea, and when the tide is in, it comes right up to the back garden wall. The shared garden has been landscaped to provide a comfortable sitting area in which to enjoy the views and fresh sea air.

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The Harbour Kingsbarns East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-10T19:33:00.001Z

An old view of the harbour at Kingsbarns, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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South Street Elie East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-09T10:45:00.001Z

An old view of South Street Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Kilconquhar Railway Station East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-08T20:05:00.001Z

An old view of the, long closed, Kilconquhar Railway Station, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Coastline February East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-07T21:32:00.001Z

Coastline February, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, Rather cold today on the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Choppy Seas East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-06T18:07:00.000Z

An old view of choppy seas off the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Harbour Entrance Lower Largo East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-05T12:26:00.002Z

An old view of the Harbour Entrance, Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Lundin Mill Lundin Links East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-04T14:21:00.001Z

An old view of Lundin Mill, Lundin Links, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The village of Lundin Mill was to the west of Lower Largo, and was inhabited chiefly by weavers.

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Crail History East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-03T21:07:00.000Z

Crail History, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The following text is from Guide to the East Neuk of Fife by David Hay Fleming, 1886.

The name Crail was formerly written; Karal, Karel, Chard, Carlo, Caryle, Carraill, and Carraile, and is supposed to be derived from Caer a town or fortified place, and ail a corner.

Pre-Christian Inhabitants. That the district was inhabited in pre-Christian times, seems to be proved by the "many urns containing caleined bones," which "have been dug up in different parts of the parish." Seven were found at a place called Swinkie Hill, in 1843, several of which are now in the St Andrews museum. Though not going quite so far back, the stone coffins which have been found at Castle Haven, and near Constantine's Cave, belong to a remote period, and so do the two surviving specimens of sculptured stones. The Caiplie Caves, and also Constantine's, were doubtless inhabited by the early missionaries of the district, and there is reason to believe that even in still earlier times they were the abodes of our savage ancestors.

King Constantine. It has been confidently asserted, and as firmly denied, that Constantine was killed in the cave which now bears his name. Great doubts and difficulties still surround that obscure period of Scottish history. Buchanan tells how the Danes, solicited by the Picts, came to Britain, landed first in Fife, divided their army, and wasted the country in two different directions. He relates how Constantine, King of the Scots, overcame one body of the invaders, and overtook the other in "a camp they had hastily fortified not far from the town of Crail;" how the strangers aided by their rampart, now known as the Danes Dyke, gained the victory; and how Constantine being taken prisoner was "dragged to a small cave at no great distance, and there slain." It was on this incident as described by Buchanan that Tennant. founded his poem, The Thane of Fife. Buchanan places the defeat and death in 874; but Pinkerton dates the battle 881, and clings to the belief that Constantine survived it for a year; and the editor of Sibbald's. "History of Fife" thought the story of his falling in battle had been invented, "to close with a tragical doom, a life so unfortunate." Wyntoun says that he was "slayne in till Verdofatha," or, as it is in the Cotton MS., "Wardofatha;" and these names have been in-geniously explained as "corruptions of Wem du fada, which in Gaelic signifies a cave black and long." According to Fordun, the battle was fought "at a spot named the Black Den," and the king "fell there with many of his men." In the Brevis Cronica it is stated that Constantine "was slane with the Dane, quhilk war Paganis, in ane greit battaill callit the blak Conwe." Hill Burton says that, "He was killed, with many of his followers, near the Firth of Forth." But Skene, in his Celtic Scotland, expresses the opinion that the Danes on this occasion came from Ireland, from which they had been driven for the time, and entered Scotland by the Firth of Clyde;. and that after being defeated at Dollar, the Scots were driven and slaughtered through Fife, as far as the north-east corner; where, at a place called Inverdufatha, the Danes were again victorious, and Constantine was slain, and a great multitude with him. Skene identifies Inverdufatha with Inverdovet in the parish of Forgan; and. avers that Werdofatha is a corruption of the word, and that from it "the story that King Coustantin was killed in a cave seems to have arisen."

Antiquity of Crail. Sibbald quotes the fabulist Boece as saying that Crail was a considerable town at the time of Constantine's death; but whether that statement is well founded or not, the great antiquity of Crail remains undoubted. In the Origines Parochiales Scotioe, it is said that among the shires in Fife, mentioned in the older Church Records, are Kilrimund, Karel, and Kennocher, that is, St Andrews, Crail, and Kilconquhar. In one of the Charters of Holyrood, Crail is mentioned by Malcolm the Fourth; and in another, Ralph, the dean of Crail, occurs as a witness in the time of William the Lion. And in the Chartulary of the Priory of St Andrews there are three royal charters, granted by King William the Lion, signed at Crail, and in others he refers to the shire of Crail, and the burgh of Crail. It also contains a confirmation by Alexander the Second, dated at Crail, and another by the same king in which "our burgh of Crail" is mentioned. Such proofs cannot he disputed. Malcolm the Fourth reigned from 1153 to 1165, William the Lion. from 1165 to 1214, and Alexander the Second from 1214 to 1249. And in the Record edition of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, the fact has been preserved that Richard Hendehyld and Richard Skroger, on the part of Crail, concurred in the obligation by the burghs, in 1357, to pay part of the ransom of David the Second, who was captured by the English at the battle of Neville's Cross. About that time, the Sheriffdom of Fife was divided into the four quarters of Eden, Leven, Inverkeithing, and Dunfermline, and the Constabulary of Crail.

Old Markets and Charter Rights. In the charter granted by Robert the Bruce, in 1310, liberty was given to hold a free market on Sabbath. But in 1587 Parliament ordained that it should be kept on Saturday in time coming, and discharged the holding of all other markets between the "mid watter of levin and the burne of putekin," outside the burgh of Crail for ever. These bounds are declared to be "the proper libertie and privi-lege of the said burgh of Craill grantit thairto of auld." And by this new Act, all kinds of goods offered for sale outside the burgh, but within the said bounds, on any day whatever, were to be forfeited, the one half to the use of the king, and the other half to the common good of Crail. The coast line from the river of Leven to Pitmilly burn is more than twenty-five miles, so that the liberties of Crail were very extensive. But the rights of the burgh have been curtailed by feuing the customs and anchorages of Elie, Fifeness, Old Haiks, and Kingsbarns; and by accepting a trifling sum from Pittenweem and Anstruther as a reddendo.

In 1607, the ancient privileges of Crail were confirmed by Parliament, and the weekly Crail market changed to Friday. At the same time, the yearly fair held on the 14th of September called "rudday" being unprofitable to the burgh in respect of harvest, was ordained thereafter to begin yearly on the 10th of March, and to last for eight days. Though Sabbath markets and fairs had been forbidden by the Scottish Parliament in 1579, the special Acts relating to Crail in 1587 and 1607, seem to show that it was only with great difficulty that the people were induced to change the day. And Principal Lee has given an extract from the Kirk-Session records of St Andrews, showing, that in 1582, "a great number of drapers, fleshers, and merchants, accused of keeping the market of Crail on the Sabbath," were "prohibited from repeating the offence under pain of exclusion, and debarring of themselves, their wives, bairns, and servants, from all benefit of the Kirk in time coming, viz., baptism, the Lord's Supper, and marriage." Crail must have been a busy place, or so many traders would not have gone to it, and doubtless they went from other towns besides St Andrews.

The Rise of the Fishing Industry. On the British Coasts, fishing must have begun as early as the inhabitants could make boats. It is said that the Netherlanders resorted to Scotland in the first half of the ninth century to buy salted fish; and that thus the Scots were enriched, until they dealt too hardly with their customers, who then learned how to catch and salt for themselves. However that may be, it is known, from one of the Charters of Holyrood, that there was a famous fishing station off the Isle of May in the days of William the Lion. The importance of Crail is shown by an Act of Parliament passed in 1584, ordaining that all the unfreemen, fishers, and "slayeris of hering and quhyt white fish," dwelling on both sides of the Forth, and to the mouth of the Tay, should bring their "hering and quheit fishe," either to Leith or Crail. If they dared to sell them to strangers, that is, foreigners, or to unfreemen, or carried them furth of the realm, then all their moveable goods were to be divided between the king and the burgh convicting them! But as this Act was found to be very hurtful to the other free burghs and sea-ports on each side of the Forth, it was next year declared lawful for those other free burghs to have the fish brought to them.

In 1661, Crail and Kilrenny petitioned Parliament, showing that they lived by fishing, and had "out-reiked ane vessell to Easlame," and were to "out-reik" divers other "bushes" to Orkney and Shetland, for taking and preparing herring and white and gray fish, and having been discouraged there in former times by foreigners getting the preference, they craved that they might be warranted to fish at these isles, and all other circumjacent places within the kingdom; and that they might be preferred to strangers, and served first, at the ordinary rates. This request was granted. After the Revolution, their fishing trade began to improve, and in 1710 they had six ships and barks and about eighty fishing boats; and yearly at Lammas another two hundred boats came from the coasts of Angus, Mearns, and Aberdeen, and were furnished at Crail with nets and other materials for the herring fishery. But in 1792, Mr Bell writes - 'A sad change has now taken place; and we listen as to a fairy tale, to the accounts given by old people of what they remember themselves, or have heard related by their fathers." And yet at that very time, twenty or twenty-five thousand lobsters were annually sent to London at £12 l0s the thousand, and double that quantity had been sent ten years before.

Crail during the Civil War. When the National Covenant was so freely signed in the Greyfriars' Churchyard of Edinburgh in 1638, all the towns were represented by Commissioners except Aberdeen, St Andrews, and Crail. But in the beautiful copy of the Covenant, preserved in the Advocates' Library, Ninian Hamiltone signs for "Carraile." And the Record edition of the Acts of Parliament shows that Crail was not behind the other burghs, either in doing or suffering at that time. In July 1641, Crail advanced £1944 Scots to the factors at Campvere, to provide arms and ammunition for the public use. Three years later Parliament authorised the repayment of this sum with interest. On the 5th of December 1645, Parliament considered the petition of the Bailies and Council of Crail, craving a supply of meal or other victual for the maintenance of the poor inhabitants, "now sequestrat and closed in, in respect of the Lordis visitationne be the plague of pestilence." The supplication was remitted and recommended to the Committee of War of the Sheriffdom of Fife, with power to try the necessity of the town, condescend on the quantity of their supply, and stent the shire for a contribution. The pestilence, which had taken possession of the town in the beginning of September 1645, continued to rage until the middle of March 1646.

And their troubles, alas, did not come singly. Several of their men were lost at Aberdeen, Alford, and elsewhere, and ninety of their "choisest men" fell at the battle of Kilsyth. Several of their ships and barks had perished or been taken at sea. Moreover, the common burdens had involved them greatly in debt. These details are mentioned in another supplication which the Bailies and Council laid before Parliament on the 15th of March 1649. They pathetically declare : "We be bot a verie poore people, haveing no meines to live vpoun, bot quhat the sea and our commers does affoord; zea, the most part of ws (have) not a bitt of meat, to put in oure bellies, quhill (i.e., until) the samyn (i.e., same) be first gottin furth of the sea, frae qth the pestilence and troubles did debar us." They go on to say that a great many of their families would have starved, if their necessities had not been supplied by the charity of the neighbouring burghs. Yet, no sooner had the pestilence left them than the Committee of Fife sent a troop of horse, who would not leave until the Magistrates borrowed money enough to pay the "maintenance," due for the six months during which the plague had been among them, although other burghs had been exempted from payment while suffering from the pest. They now asked to be relieved from paying maintenance and excise, until repaid for the six months tax "wrougouslie extortit" from them. Parliament that very day recommended the Committees of Estates and Monies to consider the case and give them some ease of their maintenance and excise. But on the 1st of June it was ordained that the Laird of Lawers' regiment should be quartered in "the towns of St Andrews, Creill, Silver-dicks, Anstruther-Wester, Anstruther-Eister, Pittinweyme and Levine."

And on the 22nd of June in the same year Parliament had again to consider a supplication from Crail, showing that they had endeavoured to advance the public cause beyond their ability, which was evident, "besyd a world of instances," by their undertaking to pay Sir James Murray of Skirling four thousand merks, with interest and expenses, being a part of "the gudlein money" advanced by him for the public use. But though, in the meantime, they were scarcely able to maintain their families; and though he had ample security, and they were anxiously willing to pay him as soon as they were able, yet he had put them to the horn, and used caption against them, so that they could not travel safely through the country, and he was now suing for the gift of their escheats! Parliament granted the prayer of the petition by ordering it to be shown to Sir James, and by suspending all execution at his instance against them, and by discharging the Commissioners of Exchequer to grant any gift of their escheats on any horn-ing on the bond granted to him by them. And in a week afterwards, Crail was exempted from paying for the maintenance of the army. The assent of the deputies of Crail to a union with England, was read before the English Parliament in 1651; and the burgh was afterwards excused, on account of its poverty, for not sending a re-presentative to Edinburgh to vote for deputies to the English Parliament.

Parliamentary Representation. Had Cromwell's scheme of union been carried out, Crail and other twelve burghs were to have been represented by one deputy in the English Parliament. But, in 1706, the burgh sent in an address to the Scottish Parliament against the union. The result in both cases was against their expressed wishes; but when the new scheme was carried they fared better than they would have done before, for in 1707 it was arranged that Crail, Kilrenny, Anstruther-Easter, Anstruther-Wester, and Pittenweem should elect a member of Parliament. Since 1832, St Andrews (the returning burgh), and Cupar have been associated with them. Nor has the Redistribution Bill of 1885 interfered with the grouping of the burghs.

The Jacobites. The ends of the streets leading from the town still bear the name of ports, and in 1845 many people remembered these being taken down. Like other towns Crail was doubtless capable of being put in good order for a siege though not a walled city. From October 1715 to the end of January 1716, however, the town was controlled by the Highlanders. The minister was forbidden to preach in the church unless he would read the Earl of Mar's edict, and pray for King James. On several occasions, the minister preached in his own house, and a young man called Nivens conducted an Episcopal service in the church. Had Bailie Crawford not been keen for the change, the rebels might not have occupied the town so readily.

Past and Present Appearance of Crail. Mr Bell says the town consists of "two parallel streets, extending east and west along the shore, which is here pretty steep and high. The one upon the north is wide, tolerably well built, and paved. The south or Nethergate is not paved; and though, in point of situation, perhaps naturally pleasanter than the other, has of late fallen greatly to decay. The whole town bears evident marks of having seen better days." In some respects, this description is still applicable, though the streets are now macadamized, and the Nethergate has been adorned by the beautiful houses called Downie's Terrace. Crow-stepped gables are quite common, and some of the houses retain many other characteristics of old Scots work. Mr J. W. Small, in Leaves from my Sketch-Books, gives a street front, dating from 1626, and showing the rare feature of carved ornaments on the stone ridge. Mr Bell was cheered by the opening of the Forth and Clyde canal, which had been of "immense advantage to the farmers and land-holders in this part of the country." But the present inhabitants of Crail will have greater cause for rejoicing when the railway is completed between the East Neuk and St Andrews. Then it may be expected that the old burgh will be filled by tourists and strangers eager to enjoy the bracing breezes of the German Ocean in their purity, and to ruminate over the local historic associations. Then the spacious streets will, no doubt, be gay with the elite of inland towns, anxious to renew their vigour by a sojourn in this delightful corner; the Links and sequestered bathing pools will be prized as they ought to be; the old baronial mansions will again be tenanted; and the many artists who resort hither will be able to enliven their pictures of the quaint old place with brighter scenes.

Saint Minin's Chapel. According to the New Statistical Account, "there was, no doubt, a cell or chapel dedicated to St Minin or Monan at Kilminning farm; the corn-yard of which is still full of graves like a regular burying ground." The same writer states that "a nunnery is said to have existed near the Nethergate Port, of which only an entrance now remains; but, at this entrance, human bones were found, when the streets were levelled a few years ago."

Priory. And according to the old Statistical Account: "It would appear that Crail was once the seat of a Priory. A ruin evidently of great antiquity, the east gable of which is still standing, bears the name of the Prior Walls. A well in the neighbourhood is called the Briery, without doubt a corruption of Priory Well; and a croft belonging to the burgh is described in the valua-tion of the teinds in 1630, as the Prior Croft." But the Rev. Mr Bell in writing thus, in 1792, had, perhaps, some misgivings, for he adds in a foot-note: " This Priory is not to be found in the list of religious houses in Scotland at the time of the Reformation. It was probably suppressed long before that period. While this conjecture is stated with becoming diffidence, it is also proper to take notice of a tradition which some have heard, that the above-mentioned ruin is the remains of a chapel dedicated to St Rufus."

Mr Bell was afterwards informed by Lieutenant-General Hutton, who devoted much of his time to poring into the history of Scottish religious houses, that in an old manuscript inventory, among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum, there is mention made of a charter, "To the Prior of Crail, of the second teinds of the lands between the waters of Neithe and Nith;" and that it occurs in the roll of charters granted by King David the Second. This entry probably refers to Carlisle; but the mere fact of there being no mention made of Crail Priory in Spotswood's "Religious Houses" proves nothing, as that work is very imperfect. Mr Merson, who wrote half a century later than Mr Bell, says that the ruinous gable with its gothic windows was thrown down by the sea about the year 1801. He, too, seems to have believed that there had been a Priory, and that it was dedicated to St Rufus. But Dr Charles Rogers states that it was a chapel belonging to the Cistercian Priory of Haddington, with which Crail was so long ecclesiastically connected. Its site and a few of its stones are still pointed out on the beach, at the eastern extremity of the town.

Crail Castle. The Castle of Crail, like the town itself, is of unknown age. That it was long a royal residence is quite certain, for, in a charter granted to the Collegiate church, in 1526, James the Fifth speaks of the place as an ancient burgh, where sundry of his princely predecessors had dwelt, and where he and his successors might reside in times to come. Perhaps the castle may have been the first building in the burgh, and so the nucleus of the town which afterwards grew up beside it. Dr Rogers thinks that Constantine may have occupied it as a principal seat, and no one can prove that he didn't, for the almost impenetrable haze which still hangs over that period, renders it comparatively safe for ardent antiquaries to speculate with impunity. Sibbald writing in 1710 speaks of the ruins as those of a strong castle; but now there is only a small fragment of a massive wall overlooking the harbour. Bell says that David the First frequently resided here, and "hence Crail became the seat of a constabulary, extending westward to Kincraig Nooke," which is beyond Earlsferry. And Wood, in his East Neuk of Fife, adds that, "It was also a mark of the residence of the court at Crail, that there was there a keeper of the king's warren; and that the north barns of Crail came to be called 'King's Barns,' and the mills east of the town the 'King's Mills.'" He further states that, "in 1221, Crail was part of the royal lands on which was secured the jointure of the queen of Alexander II." Rogers says that it was a favourite hunting-seat of David the First, "when he followed the chase in the adjoining territory of Kingsmuir." And Sibbald asserts that David the First died in the Castle; but this is evidently a mistake, as Fordun makes it clear that he died in Carlisle.

Mr Merson has cautiously remarked that "at what time it was erected, cannot now be ascertained, nor by how many crowned heads it was occupied." He states that there was also a chapel within it "dedicated to St Rufe, which had teinds belonging to it, both parsonage and vicarage, but its name is now only to be found in ancient charters." A modern mansion stands on its site, and from the sea it is conspicuously marked by the smoking-room perched picturesquely on the wall.

The Town House with its stunted tower and Dutch air is one of the most noticeable buildings in the place. The arms of the town and the date 1602 are to be seen on the walls, and the old cross stands hard by. The dismal cells are now disused.

The Parish Church was built in the reign of David the Second, and is therefore fully five hundred years old. In spite of alterations and improvements, it is still, in-ternally, rather a pretty building. In the oaken lining there are many fine old specimens of wood-carving. The chancel, which was re-opened in 1828, is said to be now less than half its original length. In an eastern passage a pre-Reformation tombstone forms part of the pavement. A check has been cut in the end of it to admit a door post, and one of the four initial letters which it once bore is now obliterated; but the cross, the chalice, and general design, are still quite plain. By far the most interesting thing in the church is the old sculptured stone, built for preservation into the western wall, after serving half a century as pavement. The boots of the honest burghers have sadly defaced it, and the back of it is said to have been chipped smooth, to suit it for its lowly bed. Now, however, it is safe and highly valued. This is probably the Old Cross of Crail, to which pilgrimages were made in Popish times, by those in ill-health, and which is thus referred to by Sir David Lyndsay : -

"And sum, in hope to get thare haill,
Rynnis to the auld rude of Kerrail."

Mr Merson says that "other relics of similar antiquity are believed to have been in the church before last repair; but the workmen, not knowing the value put upon them by antiquaries, hewed them down into paving stones!" Before the solitary survivor was degraded in 1815 it stood in the corner of the church, but its original site appears to be unknown. And it can't have been in the church in 1792, or Mr Bell would have mentioned it. Though the tower is not very high, a pleasant view is to be had from it, by those who are not afraid to mount by the somewhat shaky ladders at the top. On the old bell may be read:- "Heft my ghegoten Intiaer dcxiiii. Peeter vanden ghein. Crail 1614." The latter date is the true one, the "M" must have been left out of the former.

In 1517, "the church, on the petition and endowment of Sir William Myreton, with the consent of Janet, prioress of Haddington," was "erected into a collegiate church, with a provost, sacristan, ten prebendaries, and a chorister." It had nine altars. A list of the ornaments, vestments, and silver work will be found in the Register of the Church, printed for the Grampian Club in 1877. But all the monuments of idolatry were probably destroyed in June 1559; for here it was that Knox began his campaign in Fife at that time. Since then it has been used as the Parish Church. A Bible of the Geneva translation, printed in London in 1583, lay in the pulpit for nearly two hundred years. John Melville, an elder brother of the famous Andrew Melville, was the first Protestant minister of Crail; but in 1561 he had to complain that certain persons threatened to "tak hym owt of the pulpot be the luggis, and chais hym out of the town." Andrew Duncan, who afterwards suffered so much in defending Presbytery, was ordained here in 1597. A man still better known, but of a very different stamp, was admitted in 1648, to wit, James Sharp, who after the Restoration of Charles the Second was created Archbishop of St Andrews. The following lines occur in an old pasquil : -

"When juggling Sharp his calling first began,
To cheat the church with hocus tricks, he ran
To Crail by sea, a flock as he could wish;
Them he did feed with wind - they him with fish."

Alexander Leslie, who was minister of Ceres and with whom Sharp smoked a pipe on the fatal morning of the 3d of May 1679, was translated to Crail in 1684, but was deprived at the Revolution. His tombstone is still to be seen on the south wall of the burying-ground. In the time of the persecution, John Dickson, the Covenanter, held a meeting at Crail, "a town," says Blackader, "where much ignorance, profanity, and enmity to the work did abound." The meeting was kept at night in a private house, but Lieutenant Hamilton hearing of it, with the militia of the town, broke in with drawn swords, seized the minister, the laird of Kinkell and others, and sent to Pittenweem for a party of horse stationed there. Just as the troopers drew up before the house, the prisoners, having compounded with the lieutenant, escaped by the back door. Blackader states that "this lieutenant did, not long after, make a miserable end, either by the devil's hands or his own." Patrick Glass, "a venerable and good old man," occupied the pulpit for more than fifty years. Scott in his Fasti relates that, "In describing from the pulpit on one occasion the sufferings and tortures to which the Martyrs and early Christians were exposed, by tearing and lacerating their bodies asunder, being at a loss for a word, a tradesman, to assist him, called out, 'pinchers, sir.' 'Thank you, James,' replied Mr Glass, and went on with his discourse, 'tearing their bodies asunder with pinchers, and similar instruments of cruel torture.'"

Andrew Bell, who wrote the old Statistical Account of the parish in 1792, was the minister from 1790 to 1828. As a specimen of the way in which conscientious ministers are sometimes treated, Hew Scott relates that on one occasion when he was going to drive out an invalid daughter, a labourer from the country district of the parish called about the baptism of his child. As his daughter and gig were waiting, and as the man was a stranger, Mr Bell told him that he would like to have some conversation with him first, and would call at his house the next time he was in that neighbourhood. He redeemed his promise by calling a few days afterwards, when he was thus accosted by the man's wife : - " The guidman's nae in, an' ye did very ill to refoose baptism tae my man; it's weel kenned he's a learned man, else Lord Kellie wadna hae employed him to break stanes; but the bairn's baptized already by the bishop," who was then visiting Lord Kellie at Cambo House. William Merson, who wrote the New Statistical Account of the parish in 1845, was ordained here in 1828, and remained till his death in 1865.

The burying ground contains many old monuments of an imposing appearance, and also a strong vault, which was "erected for securing the dead" in 1826, in which bodies were kept for six weeks in summer and for three months in winter before they were buried in order that they might not be taken by "the resurrectionists." The spot is still pointed out where the plague was buried after being caught in wheaten loaves! An old statue of a knight in armour, which was long supposed to represent Robert the Bruce, is worthy of attention. Mr Reid, the parish minister, has discovered that the old tomb, of which it forms a part, belonged to a neighbouring family of the name of Bruce, whose representatives are now in Orkney. There is an inscription worth reading on the stone on the east wall in memory of: -

"Ane honest man of good renown,
Three times a Bailie in this town."

Several very interesting notices of the Grammar School, which was founded in 1542, are printed in the appendix to the first volume of Principal Lee's Lectures of the History of the Church of Scotland.

The Harbour is small, difficult of access, and not very safe; but a quarter of a mile further east there is a splendid natural site for a harbour, called Room, which "might be easily converted into a haven capable of containing a large fleet, and would, it is said, have nearly thirty feet of water at spring tides."

The Links, which lie along the edge of the sea on the east side of the town, are not very extensive.

Besides the Sculptured Stone in the church there is another of the same kind at the roadside on the way to Balcomie. It will be noticed on the right hand side soon after leaving Crail. It formerly stood on a small tumulus near Sauchope, and beside it Sir William Hope of Balcomie is said to have overcome, in the early part of last century, a foreign knight, who was so ambitious of defeating the author of "The Complete Fencing Master," that he came from a far country to try his skill and prowess. The eastern side of the stone is very weather-worn, but on the other side the cross with the peculiar interlaced work is still quite visible. Some kindly clown or rude vandal has partly smeared it with tar; but a better plan might be taken to preserve it.

Only a wing of Balcomie Castle remains, but even that shows that it must have been a fine house in its time. One of its late owners is reported to have said that he could accommodate a troop of dragoons, giving every man a bed, and every horse a stall. An account of it and its lairds would demand more space than can be spared in the pages of a Guide Book.

A little further east than Balcomie there is the famed Danes Dyke, a considerable portion of which has now disappeared - the farm-house of Craighead being built on its site. Some people have been prosaic enough to maintain that this Dyke is a natural ridge; but when a portion of it was removed, human bones were found, and "none but broken and carried stones discovered." Being half a mile in length and pretty broad, it must have cost an enormous amount of labour, hence the sceptical ideas regarding its artificial origin. Buchanan knew the ground at least when he said that the Danes threw up "a kind of rampart upon the small bending rocks near the shore, by heaping together the large stones with which the beach everywhere abounded." Those who believe it to be partly artificial do not need to prove that the Danes built it to keep back King Constantine, nor that it was erected in a single night. If it was indeed a military rampart, and it is difficult to see what else it could have been, it must have protected a goodly camping ground, as it stretched right across the neck of the promontory.

Constantine's Cave. At one end of the Dyke, on the shore of the Firth, a place is still pointed out called the Longman's Grave; and Constantine's Cave is shown at the other end. The Cave is only about fifteen feet in depth and twelve in width, and at one time its mouth had been closed by a wall which has now disappeared. There are crosses cut on the rock in all directions, and any one can see that many of these are extremely old. About sixty years ago, some thirty stone coffins were found near here lying in regular rows. The bones were so efitire that the farmer dug a hole and buried them.

Not far from the Cave there is an excellent Quarry. In the days of Oliver Cromwell, Robert Alison, a mason and burgess of Edinburgh, was employed by the English to prepare stones at the Quarry of Balcomie for building a citadel at Perth. Alison and his men lodged in a corner of Crail. Some troopers then in arms for Charles the Second fell on their house and took £31 sterling, a goodly sum in those days. The English were in force at Falkland, and to them Alison complained, and, of course, he came off victorious; while the burgh, though quite innocent, was ordered to make good the sum, and there the honest bailies were kept in prison until it was paid. But they go far round who never meet. The Restoration came, and the bailies having petitioned Parliament, Alison was ordered to restore the money, with interest. And here, too, perhaps, the stones were procured with which the Scottish Church in Rotterdam was built in 1696, and which the shipmasters generously carried free of charge from this neighbourhood.

Fifeness. The little fishing village of Fifeness has now almost entirely disappeared. It was here that Mary of Guise landed in 1538 - "a bride," says Hill Burton, "destined to cut a figure in history." This has recently been made a lifeboat station. Close by, a good spring of fresh water, surrounded by a circular parapet, may be seen under high-water mark. And, now, we are just at the very East Neuk of Fife, a picturesque spot, from which a deadly reef of rocks runs out for more than a mile under the water. It would be a sorrowful tale to recount even a tithe of the shipwrecks which have occurred at this point. After years of labour and many disappoint-ments, the Commissioners of Northern Lights at length succeeded in erecting a beacon at the extreme point. And in 1843-44 they erected an additional light-house on the May, to guide mariners past this dreaded Carr Rock. Even this has not been enough, and now steps are being taken to place a light-ship in position.

The Barns. At the southern extremity of the parish are the remains of the old mansion-house of the Cunninghams of Barns, with one of whose fair daughters Haw-thornden was "deliriously in love," as may be seen from his poems. The marriage-day was fixed, and all things were ready; but she took a fever, "and was suddenly snatched away by it to his great grief and sorrow." Professor Masson, however, has shown that the old story of his grief having driven him abroad for eight years is without foundation; and also that she must have died in or about 1615.

The Caves of Caiplie, or, the Coves of Crail, as they are frequently called, are described under Kilrenny, as they are in that parish.

Population and Public Institutions. The Population of the burgh in 1791 was 1301, in 1841 it was 1227, and in 1881 it was 1145. But the dawn of a brighter day has broken upon Crail; and when it is better known as a watering place, it will be more highly prized. Though an air of antiquity still hangs over the place, and though the old-world aspect predominates, there are two Public Schools, a Postal and Telegraph Office, a branch of the Commercial Bank, two good Inns, a Public Library, a Gas-work, and a Brewery. Besides the Parish Church, there is a Free Church, and also a United Presbyterian Church.

Former Crail Notables. The late Dr Andrew Duncan, of Edinburgh, who was born at Pinkerton, near Crail, in 1744, has preserved in a fragment of his own life, in Hudibrastic rhyme, some stanzas of an old ballad, written by James Monypenny, of Pitmilly, embalming the memories of the Town Clerk, Sir John Malcolm, and the Schoolmaster : -

"Was you e'er in Crail Town?
Igo and ago;
Saw you there Clerk Dishington?
Iram, coram, dago.
His wig was like a drookit hen,
Igo and ago;
Its tail hung down like a goose pen,
Iram, coram, dago.

"Keep you well frae Sir John Malcolm,
If he be canny I mistaak him:
Keep you well frae Sandy Don,
He's ten times dafter than Sir John.

"To hear them of their travels talk,
To gang to Lonon's but a walk;
To see the Leviathan skip,
And wi' his tail ding o'er a ship."

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Cellardyke History East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-02T21:28:00.001Z

Cellardyke History, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. I was raised in Rodger Street, Cellardyke, attended Cellardyke Primary School, and Waid Academy. The following text is from Guide to the East Neuk of Fife by David Hay Fleming, 1886.

" And red-prow'd fisher boats afar are spied,
In south-east, tilting o'er the jasper main,
Whose wing-like oars, dispread on either side,
Now swoop on sea, now rise in sky again."

As has been already mentioned, most of the inhabitants of the burgh of Kilrenny dwell in that portion of it which is known as Cellardyke, or Nether Kilrenny, and which has recently been made a quod sacra parish. It and the two Anstruthers, although managed by different municipal bodies, form, in point of fact, one long continuous town, stretching along the coastline for nearly a mile and a half. By road, Cellardyke is four miles from Crail.

The Name Cellardyke. Mr Beat supposed that Cellardyke derived its name "from a range of cellars along the shore, built for preparing fish for exportation." In this he was probably right, although, in an Act of Parliament, passed in 1649, it is called Silverdicks. There may sometimes be a good deal in a name, for, in 1585, the council and community of East Anstruther referred to the erection of Kilrenny and "porte of Skynfischtoun."

Erection of the Burgh. Patrick Adamson, one of the tulchan archbishops of St Andrews, as lord of the regality of that see, assigned to John Betoun of Balfour on the 8th of July 1578 the port called the "skynfast heavyne," within the town of Kilrynnie, with the customs, anchorages, profits, and emoluments of the same; and erected the said town into a free burgh of that regality. The reddendo to the Archbishop and his successors was 6s 8d Scots. Betoun seems to have set immediately to the improving of the port. For the King confirmed the infeftment, on the 24th of the fol-lowing January, in respect that he had "buyldit and reparit" the haven, to the comfort and commodity of all seafaring people, being chiefly moved thereto for the preservation of divers of the lieges, whom he had seen with their "schippis and boittis" in great hazard "with tempest of evil! wathir," and who had their relief by the commodity of the haven. As he intended still further to repair it, at "greit and sumptuus chairges," the King and three Estates of Parliament confirmed the infeftment and erection into a burgh of regality, on the 11th November 1579.

Dimission of the Burgh. - Though only a burgh of regality, Kilrenny sent a commissioner to Parliament so early as 1612, and consented by its deputy in 1651 to a union with England. But, in the Conference between a Committee of the English Parliament and Deputies from Scotland, on the 28th of October 1652, it was stated that the burghs of Crail, Anstruthers Easter and Wester, and Kilrenny, who had assented at Dalkeith, "being but petty meane burghs," situated on the sea, and most of their inhabitants employed in fishing at the time of the meeting at Edinburgh, thought their presence the less necessary, as they had been ordinarily dispensed with by Parlia-ment in the like case. The absence of the deputies was accordingly excused on the ground of poverty. In 1654, Kilrenny is mentioned as one of thirteen Fife burghs which were to have a joint representative in Cromwell's Parliament.

Dire experience, however, soon proved that it was no empty honour to be numbered among the royal burghs. In 1672, Gideon Murray of Pitkirie was entrusted with "the humble petition of the Inhabitants of Kilrinnie," signed by nine individuals, two of whom have added bailie to their names, and four councillor. It bears that they did never "compt in Exchecker or make ane AEque as a Burgh Royall," neither can they find magistrates, nor bear the burden of a royal burgh. They allege that their privileges are derived from the lairds of Balfour, on whose lands their houses are built, and whose burgh of barony they are. Though they had been represented in some late Parliaments, that was ow-ing to "the tumultuariness and rebellion of the late times," wherein some factious persons, desiring to have votes, did entice some of their inhabitants to sit in Par-liament. The present inhabitants were young men, who, until the last twenty days, had never considered their predecessors' rights, but continued in the course of those who formerly lived within these bounds. Gideon was instructed to resign in his Majesty's favour, to remain with him and his successors for ever, all right and privilege which they might be conceived to have as a burgh royal. The King and Parliament understanding their low and impoverished condition accepted of the surrender, and ordained that they be no longer held as a royal burgh, nor liable to any burden as such. But they were not to enjoy the benefit of this Act, until they paid their part of the twelvemonth's cess just granted to the King, and also their proporfioli of all other burdens imposed before and which they were due. Yet, six years later, the Convention of Estates continued the cess and stent on them as before, and as they were daily threatened to be quartered upon by the collector, they had again to petition Parliament in 1681. They piteously relate that they have not the least trade imaginable, having neither common-good, ship, bark, nor boat where-with to trade, except "three or four hand lyne yoills ;" and humbly crave the King and Parliament to discharge the collector from troubling them for payment of the cess. Their petition was remitted to the Privy Council with power. In 1685, it was ordained that the burgh should be expunged out of the Rolls being now no burgh royal by Act of Parliament.

Re-exaltation At the meeting of Estates in 1689 the burgh was represented by George Beaton, and having continued to send a member to Parliament without being objected to, it was grouped with the four neigh-bouring burghs, in 1707, by the Act settling the manner of electing the 16 peers and 45 commons to represent Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain. Like some of its neighbours, however, it proved unworthy. In 1767, according to Morison's Dictionary, the Town Councils of Kilrenny, Pittenweem, and West Anstruther, "and of Kilrenny in particular, were composed of low indigent persons incapable to resist any money tempta-tion. And it is proved against them, that they were unanimously resolved not to neglect the opportunity of the ensuing election to sell themselves to the highest bidder." In these degenerate days, by the sett of the burgh, the old Council elected the new. In 1828, the burgh was disfranchised, and managers were appointed by the Court of Session. Brighter days have more than revived its former prosperity, and now it is under the enlightened government of a provost, two bailies, a treasurer, and five councillors, who also act as Police Commissioners and Local Authority.

Fishing. Reference has already been made to the petition presented to Parliament by Crail and Kilrenny in 1661. Mr Beat, who wrote the old statistical Account of Kilrenny, and who was born in the parish in or about 1711, and spent the greater part of his life in it, says that "within his remembrance, vast quantities of large cod, ling, haddocks, her-rings, holibut, turbot, and mackarel, have been caught here; but the fisheries are now miserably decayed. He can remember, when he was a young man, that he numbered no less than 50 large fishing boats, that required 6 men each, belonging to the town of Cellar-dykes, all employed in the herring fishery in the summer season. He can recollect that he saw such a number of boats throwing their nets at one time as he could not number, but heard that the collector of the customs at Anstruther at that time, who kept an account of them, said they amounted to 500, being gathered together from all quarters to this shore; and the winter fishery was proportionally great. He has seen 10 or 12 large boats come into the harbour in one day, swimming to the brim with large cod, besides 30, 40, or 50, strung upon a rope fastened to the stern, which they took in tow; and, what will hardly be credited, many a large cod's head lying for dung on the land. At that time, a gentleman in Dunbar had the largest cod in tack for 4d. each, on this proviso, that every inhabitant of the parish should be at liberty to pick the best fish for their own use at his price; and of all the thousands he ever saw; the largest were bought for 4d.

So strong is the contrast between that time and this, that not only few or no fish are caught, but, to the amazement of every body, the haddocks seem to have deserted this coast; and for two years past it has become a rarity to see one." It is said that fish, even after being cooked, prefer to be swimming. Perhaps that may be one of the reasons why the 24 small brewers in Cellardyke, whom Mr Beat remembered, dwindled down in his latter days "to two or three, owing to the decay of the fishery." Had he been told, in the midst of his gloomy outlook, that, in less than a century, Cellardyke was to hold a foremost place among the fishing towns of the country, that it was to have a great fleet of splendid sea-going boats, that it was to have a magnificent harbour close at hand, and that its sons would be famed for their skill and daring, the old man would have thought that it was all too good to be true, and that it was even more incredible than his own reminiscences about the big cods' heads.

Harbour. The port of Skinfast-haven and its improvement by John Betoun have already been referred to. It is situated at the eastern extremity of the town, and is incidentally mentioned by John Betoun of Balfour, some time captain of the Castle of St Andrews, in a narrative concerning his title-deeds and property seized by Norman Leslie, at the slaughter of the Cardinal in 1546. Writing in 1710, Sibbald says that Cellar-dyke "hath a little harbour." It was reported, in 1833, that £1,200 advanced by the Board of Trustees for the improve-ment of fisheries, and £500 raised by the town, had been expended in building new quays, to the injury rather than the improvement of the har-bour. Several prominent rocks, to the eastward of the haven, are known as the Cardinal's Steps.

Town Hall. Cellardyke is indebted for this roomy and handsome building to the generous liberality of Mr Stephen Williamson and Messrs David and George Fowler, who erected it at a cost of fully £3500. Messrs Hall and Henry, St Andrews, were the architects. The day on which it was opened, Wednesday, the 19th of September 1883 - will long be remembered in the burgh. It is partly built on the site of the old Hall and grim Jail. The old Cross has been re-erected against the west front.

Population, Public Institutions, etc. In 1811 the population was only 804, in 1861 it had increased to 1893, in 1871 it was 2285, and in 1881 it was 2628, of whom 464 were fishermen. There are two schools, an Established Church, a Free Church Hall, a branch of the National Bank, a cod-liver-oil work, an oil-skin factory, a saw-mill, and 3 fishing-gear factories. Though the whole town is redolent with the odour of tar, bark, and fish, the prevailing sea-breezes are refreshing, and an air of homely comfort and thriving industry pervades the place. Rodger Street, which is newly finished, is entirely occupied by fisher-folk.

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Easthaven House Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-02-01T20:20:00.002Z

Easthaven House, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Easthaven House, enjoy a self catering holiday in this well equipped 19th century Category B listed house, with magnificent views across the Firth of Forth. It is three star rated by the Scottish Tourist Board and sleeps up to five.

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Elie Cottages East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-31T20:19:00.002Z

Elie Cottages, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Elie Cottages provide luxury self-catering accommodation in the East Neuk of Fife. We have a selection of idyllic cottages in Elie, St. Andrews and throughout the East Neuk, perfect for family holidays, golf breaks and relaxation, some of Scotland’s best sandy beaches. Our cottages are carefully handpicked in delightful locations, many with wonderful sea and golf course views. Visit Scotland and stay in Elie Cottages for a perfect holiday or short break. St. Andrews and the East Neuk of Fife is a truly stunning part of Scotland and a very popular holiday destination. It has its own unique microclimate with more sunshine hours than most parts of Scotland. There is so much to do here from golf, boat trips, sandy beaches, water sports and country parks to award-winning restaurants offering fresh local produce and quaint pubs with beer gardens. This is also a perfect base for those wishing to explore further a field. Edinburgh is approximately 45 miles drive, with Perth and Aberfoyle and the Trossachs all wonderful day trips.

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Victorian Cottage Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-30T18:45:00.001Z

Victorian Cottage, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A beautiful cottage set in the picturesque village of Pittenweem, near to the world famous St. Andrews. Situated between the stunning coastline and the open countryside, both within minutes walking distance, you can experience arguably the most beautiful, as well as sunniest and driest, area in Scotland.

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St Abbs House Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-29T22:59:00.000Z

St Abbs House, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Abbs House was once a fisherman's house and is now run as a family Bed and Breakfast. In a quiet residential part of Pittenweem it is situated close to all local amenities and to the popular coastal walk and Anstruther Golf course, which can bee seen from the end of the road.

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Caiplie House Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-28T14:25:00.001Z

Caiplie House, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Caiplie House is located in the majestic village of Crail in the East Neuk of Fife, ten miles from St Andrews. We are proud to offer you a high standard of bed and breakfast accommodation.

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The Lobster Pot Cottage Crail East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-27T20:47:00.001Z

The Lobster Pot Cottage, Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This self catering cottage is situated in the old part of the quaint East Neuk village of Crail, and is the ground floor part of a true Scottish eighteenth century coach house. Located just across from the old castle and close to the small working harbour and beach it is an ideal base from which to enjoy the East Neuk of Fife.

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Miton Place Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-26T11:27:00.002Z

An old view of Miton Place, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Winter in Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

2009-01-25T22:47:00.001Z

Winter in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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