Tour Scotland Photographs Houses And Harbour Crail

Tour Scotland photograph of houses and and harbour at Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Crail, on the Fife Coastal Path, has many old houses and cottages and is best explored on foot to capture the quiet atmosphere of an old Scottish fishing village. Crail became a Royal Burgh in the 1178. Robert the Bruce granted permission to hold markets on a Sunday, in the Marketgait, where the Mercat Cross now stands in Crail. This practice was still continuing in the 16th century, causing concern in the freshly puritanical circles of Edinburgh such that John Knox was moved to deliver a sermon in Crail Parish Church, damning the fishermen of the East Neuk for working on a Sunday. Despite the protests, the markets continued and were amongst the largest in Europe for their time.





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