Old Photographs Dysart Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, buildings and people in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The first record of the town was made in the early 13th century, its initial role being to settle civil matters between the church and landowners. During the middle of the 15th century, trade with the Low Countries began for salt and coal exportation. In the 16th and 17th centuries, trade expanded to the Baltic Countries. Dysart acquired two nicknames: Salt Burgh and Little Holland as a result. The harbour was later extensively rebuilt in 1829 with the assistance of Robert Stephenson, to include an inner basin with a nearby quarry at the harbour head and an extension of the east pier which would be raised and pointed southwards. The Outlander TV series filmed at the Inner Harbour. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Dysart Tower Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of St Serf's church tower, Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The church tower on Shore Road dates from around 1500, is considered to be one of Scotland's finest examples of a battlemented church tower.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Serf's Church Tower Dysart

Tour Scotland photograph of St Serf's Church Tower, Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Dysart is a location for the TV series Outlander. The remains of the church are thought to date from the early 16th century, but the first church in Dysart was dedicated to St. Servanus or Serf, the 8th century holy man who took up residence in a nearby cave, a place of religious retreat called in Latin a " deserta ". The name Dysart came from this, corrupted and mis-spelt over the years. A church on this site was re dedicated by Bishop David De Bernham on the 26th March 1245. The Tower appears to have been added at a later date, probably in the 1540s when the English were raiding the east coast of Scotland.




Photograph of St Serf's Church Tower, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.

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Photograph Outer Harbour Dysart Scotland

Photograph of the outer harbour, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Fisherman Dysart Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a fisherman on a fishing boat in the harbour in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The first record of the town was made in the early 13th century, its initial role being to settle civil matters between the church and landowners. During the middle of the 15th century, trade with the Low Countries began for salt and coal exportation. In the 16th and 17th centuries, trade expanded to the Baltic Countries. Dysart acquired two nicknames: " Salt Burgh " and " Little Holland " as a result



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Tour Scotland Photograph Inner Harbour Dysart Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Inner Harbour in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. In the background is the Harbourmaster's House, an 18th Century building. The first port here has been said to date as far back as 1450. This helped the export of coal and salt with the town's trading partner, the Low Countries. A man made harbour was eventually built, but could only be used at low tide with limited space. The damage caused by the jetty which was commonly known as the " east haven of Dysart " temporarily cut short the function of the east pier in the middle of the 17th century. The harbour was later extensively rebuilt in 1829 with the assistance of Robert Stephenson.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Pan Ha' Dysart Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Pan Ha', Dysart, Fife, Scotland. 16th to 18th century painted houses on Pan Ha'. Pan Haugh means roughly low-lying ground where salt pans once stood giving rise to the expression of "to carry salt to Dysart".





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Tour Scotland Photograph Boat Dysart Harbour Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of an old boat in Dysart Harbour, Fife, Scotland. Dysart was recorded as a fishing village and port as early as 1450 with an export trade in salt and coal, mainly to the Low Countries. There was no harbour as such at the time, with the ships being grounded in the bay at Pan Ha' and loaded when the tide was out.



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