Tour Scotland Photographs Harbour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife March 18th

Tour Scotland photograph of the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Harbour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the harbour on ancestry, history visit and trip to St Monans, East Neuk of Fife. St Monans, often spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately 3 miles west of Anstruther, this small community, whose inhabitants formerly made their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Walking Path. Like other small East Neuk towns, St Monans is rich in vernacular fisher and merchant houses of the 17th to early 19th centuries, with characteristic old Scots features, e.g. forestairs, crow-stepped gables, datestones, pantiled roofs. The original settlement was, according to early sources, known as Inverin, Invery, Inverie, Finvirie, Inweerie, Inverry or even elsewhere Innerny and possibly derived from the Gaelic for at the mouth of a stream. The origin of the present name, St Monans, although similarly there were other spellings St Monance persisting until quite recently, is derived from a 6th century Irish abbot bishop, St Moinenn, from Clonfert who died in 571. One tradition is that he was killed by Vikings there nearby on the Isle of May, and another is that his relics came over with the Scots monks when they originally settled in St Monans circa 870

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Tour Scotland Photographs Old Church St Monans East Neuk Of Fife January 7th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the old church by the sea in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Monans Church is situated within its kirkyard just to the west of the village on the very edge of the sea. It has a very dramatic setting, perched on a low rock, reached over a small valley with a burn. As seen from most directions it has the sea as a backdrop. A more modern cemetery stands further westwards on the upper slopes of the little hill. This contains the local war memorial. Standing at the extreme west end of this a romantic ruin can be viewed across fields, again perched on the sea edge. It is often said that St Monans is the church nearest the sea in the whole of Scotland. I shot these photographs at 11.30am, this morning.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the old church by the sea in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the old church by the sea in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the old church by the sea in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland video of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Monans, often spelt St Monance, is named after the legendary Saint Monan. This small picturesque community, whose inhabitants formerly made their living mainly from fishing, is now both a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Path, and a close knit community with much vitality and vibrancy. The former burgh rests on a hill overlooking the Firth of Forth, with views to North Berwick, the Bass Rock and the Isle of May. St Monans contains many historical buildings, most notably the now defunct windmill, and a 14th century church that sits on the rocks above the water on the western side

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Tour Scotland Video Choir Sea Queen Day St Monans June 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of the Community Choir of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Monans Community Choir specifically welcome people of all different ranges of experience, from absolute beginners to confident singers. Of course, singing together is also a highly enjoyable social acitivity, and an opportunity to make new friends ! It was a pleasure to hear these fine folks at Sea Queen Day today in St Monans, who give of there very best, despite heavy rain. St Monans is one of the villages in the area in which I was raised in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Coastal Rowers St Monans June 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of coastal rowers leaving the harbour at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Hardy coastal rowers at Sea Queen day in St Monans leaving to row back to Anstruther.

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Tour Scotland Video Community Choir St Monans

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of the Community Choir of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The wonderful St Monans Community choir at Sea Queen day. It takes a lot more than rain to dampen the enthusiasm of Fifers, of which I am one myself.

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Tour Scotland Video Bagpiper St Monans June 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of a Scottish Bagpiper and the Sea Queen at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Sea Queen being led along the main pier into St Monans by a Scottish Bagpiper. lots of rain this morning in St Monans, not an easy day to shoot great videos.

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Tour Scotland Video Sea Queen Day St Monans June 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of Sea Queen Day at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Sea Queen and Royal Party arriving on the restored antique herring drifter Reaper, accompanied by the Anstruther Life Boat. Heavy rain this morning in St Monans.

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June 12th Photograph Pier Diving Scotland

June 12th photograph of a young person diving of the end of the pier at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. And yes, the water in the Firth of Forth was a wee bit chilly.


June 12th photograph of a young person diving of the end of the pier at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of a young person diving of the end of the pier at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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June 12th Photograph Crowning Sea Queen Scotland

June 12th photograph of Crowning of the Sea Queen at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of Crowning of the Sea Queen at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of Crowning of the Sea Queen at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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June 12th Photograph Sea Queen Reaper Scotland

June 12th photograph of the Sea Queen and Attendants on the Reaper at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of the Sea Queen and Attendants on the Reaper at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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June 12th Photograph Ashleigh Montador Dancers Scotland

June 12th photograph of the Ashleigh Montador Dancers performing at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of Erica Watson, from the Ashleigh Montador Dancers at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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June 12th Photograph White Wing Scotland

June 12th photograph of White Wing, a restored Fifie boat, arriving at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of White Wing, a restored Fifie boat, arriving at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of White Wing, a restored Fifie boat, arriving at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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June 12th Photograph Reaper Scotland

June 12th photograph of the Reaper arriving at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A restored Fifie sailing herring drifter, the most popular design of fishing boat on the East Coast of Scotland for the greater part of the 19th and early 20th centuries.


June 12th photograph of the Reaper arriving at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of the Reaper arriving at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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June 12th Photograph St Monans Scotland

June 12th photograph of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


June 12th photograph of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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April 4th Photograph Rocky Shoreline Scotland

April 4th photograph of the rocky shoreline at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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April 4th Photograph White House Scotland

April 4th photograph of a white house by the harbour at St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Houses Harbour St Monans

Tour Scotland photograph of houses by the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The village takes its name from St Monance who was killed by invading Danes in about 875. St Adrian was killed on the Isle of May in the same raid and 6,000 Fife Christians are said to have died. Like other small East Neuk fishing villages, St Monans is rich in vernacular fisher and merchant houses of the 17th to early 19th centuries, with characteristic old Scots features, e.g. forestairs, crow-stepped gables, datestones, pantiled roofs etc.



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Street View St Monans Church Scotland

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Street View of St Monans Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Monans Church to the west of the village stands defiant on the seashore.


Photograph of St Monans Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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