Culross Culross is a small village on the Firth of Forth west of Inverkeithing and reached via 2 buses. Its history is associated with a monastery from the 6th century, monks who mined coal and rescued a royal damsel in distress, a couple of saints, export of coal and salt, creation of iron griddles, import […]
Around Inverkeithing I saw quite a bit of the town but most of the photos come from the main street. I walked up one of the hills and the photo from there is my favourite panoramic shot of the harbour, better than those posted previously. It did help that the weather was much improved. At […]
Dead People – Church and Cemetery There was a halt in transmission due to intermittent and persistent technical problems in addition to failure to fight off a cold which left me somewhat less than energetic. Both issues seem under control and since last writing I have walked, while not exactly all over Inverkeithing but certainly […]
Inverkeithing is on the site of a small river called the Keithing Burn, part of which can still be seen on the northern shore of the Firth (estuary) of Forth (river) north of Edinburgh with settlement extending back beyond 1000 years. http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/2430/name/St.+Peter%27s+Parish+Church+Inverkeithing+Fife http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:49949 It has had provided varied sources of employment apart from those required […]