Old Photograph Harbour Elie Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Elie grew up around the bay which provided a safe anchorage protected by an island with a causeway. It became a Burgh of Barony in 1589 under the Lairds of Ardross. Elie was forbidden to engage directly in foreign trade and was dependent on the Laird of Ardross who controlled the Town Council and Court. In the 1850s the harbour was improved and a road built on top of the causeway. Fishing and trading were carried from the harbour and goods were stored in the granary at the end of the pier.



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