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The East Neuk (/ iː s t nj uː k / ⓘ) or East Neuk of Fife is an area of the coast of Fife, Scotland. "Neuk" is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth and the land and villages slightly inland.
Map of places in Fife compiled from this list This list of places in Fife is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, mansion, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other places of interest in the Fife council area of Scotland. Aberdour Castle Anstruther Balgonie Castle Balmerino Abbey Culross Palace Dairsie Castle Dalgety Bay Dysart Falkland ...
This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme. ... East Neuk; Fife Ness; Fife Pilgrim Way; Forgan (Fife) Freuchie; Gateside ...
Salt production by evaporation was a traditional industry in the East Neuk. The East Neuk Salt Company has revived this industry in St Monans. [15] For over 200 years the boat builder J W Miller & Sons Ltd produced fifie fishing boats, yachts and motor launches in St Monans. There is no longer boat building in the village.
In 1844 and 1845 money for railway schemes had been easy to come by; now in 1846 the slump had set in and it was impossible to get subscriptions; nonetheless in 1847 the company obtained a further act, the East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. ccxxiv), modifying the route, but soon reality struck home, and in 1850 ...
The east corner of Fife, along the string of villages between Earlsferry and Kingsbarns, and along with their hinterland, is known as the East Neuk (corner, or projecting point of land) of Fife; [28] small settlements around sheltered harbours, with distinctive vernacular "Dutch" or corbie (crow) stepped gabled and stone-built architecture. The ...
Crail (listen ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Aile) is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated population of 1,630 (2018). [4]
Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven.