Tour Scotland photograph of houses with pantile roofs in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Pantiles initially appeared in eastern coastal areas of Scotland during the 17th century, being brought at first from Holland as ballast in trading ships. A legend states that when the British princess, and future Saint, Teneu, daughter of the king of Lothian, became pregnant before marriage, her family threw her from a cliff. She survived the fall unharmed, and was soon met by an unmanned boat. She knew she had no home to go to, so she got into the boat; it sailed her across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross where she was cared for by Saint Serf; he became foster-father of her son, Saint Kentigern or Mungo.
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