Road Trip Drive To Abbey Church On History Visit To Culross West Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the historic Abbey Church in Culross. West Fife. The location of the 17th century Parish Church of Culross is, like the original Abbey, on a hillside overlooking the coastal town of Culross. After the 16th century Reformation when the abbeys and cathedrals were closed, the choir of the medieval abbey began to be used as the parish church and this status was made official by Act of Parliament in 1633. The church complex consists of the choir of the abbey, the sixteenth century tower and a northern aisle, both of which had been built after the demolition of the original abbey nave in around 1500. This newly formed Parish Church replaced the West Kirk, the former parish church which had become ruinous by this time. In The Way Out in the Outlander TV series the old West Kirk is blamed for Tammas Baxter’s illness, the villagers believing him to be possessed after visiting the kirk. Jamie takes Claire to the site of the Black Kirk. While there he explains how young boys would visit the kirk as a dare, and sometimes eat berries and wood garlic. Claire realises that the wood garlic is actually lilly of the valley, the cause of Tammas’s illness. The historic town of Culross, in Fife, has been used in several Outlander episodes. The town is best remembered as being used as Cranesmuir in season 1. The Mercat Cross, in the centre of Culross, acted as the centre of Cranesmuir. Here is located Geillis Duncan’s house and the historically picturesque town square where Geillis is sentenced to burn for being a witch. It is also here that Jamie and Claire rescue the thief, Tammas, when his ear is pinned to the post. With narrow roads, the streets of Culross, during the Outlander episodes, were almost free from traffic, making it easy to imagine life in the 18th century. The Outlander cast and crew returned to Culross for season 4 filming. This time, with Nell Hudson and Sophie Skelton, filming took place outside a house near Mercat Cross. This was for scenes involving Bree, Laoghaire and Joanie, when Laoghaire rescues Bree from the cold, then later discovers that she is Jamie’s daughter. Laoghaire’s home can be seen, near Mercat Cross, on Little Causeway. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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