Old Photographs Of Kingsbarns Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Kingsbarns a village near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles south east of St Andrews and 3.6 miles north of Crail. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store grain before being transported to the Palace at Falkland. Kingsbarns church was built around 1630, receiving substantial alterations between 1810 and 1811 at the hand of Robert Balfour. The church faces south towards The Square, the central focus of the village of Kingsbarns. It is located within a graveyard, which is surrounded by a substantial coped wall. The church itself is built on a T plan with a south tower and west porch. The body of the church is harled with a Scottish slate roof. Robert Adamson, born 1852, died 1902, philosopher and logician at the University of Glasgow, was born in Kingsbarns. Alexander Peebles, born 1856, died 1934, who was a New Zealand prospector and mine owner, was born in Kingsbarns. Robert Arnot, born 1744, died 1808, was a Presbyterian minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and professor of Divinity at St. Andrews University, he lived in Kingsbarns from 1800 until his death.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.