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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Tour Scotland Photograph Stained Glass Window Culross Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in the Abbey Church in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1217 by Malcolm I, Mormaer or Earl of Fife, and was first colonised by monks from Kinloss Abbey. Culross may have been chosen to establish an abbey because this was the birthplace of Saint Mungo.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Thomas Cochrane Memorial Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Cochrane Memorial in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Thomas Cochrane was born December 14, 1775 at Annsfield, Scotland. The son of Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald and Anna Gilchrist, he spent the majority of his early years at the family's estate in Culross. Under the practice of the day his uncle, Alexander Cochrane, an officer in the Royal Navy, had his name entered on the books of naval vessels at age five. Though technically illegal, this practice reduced the amount of time Cochrane would need to serve before becoming an officer if he elected to pursue a naval career. In 1793, with the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, Cochrane joined the Royal Navy. Initially assigned to his uncle's ship HMS Hind, he soon followed the elder Cochrane to HMS Thetis. Learning his trade on the North American station, he was appointed an acting lieutenant in 1795, before passing his lieutenant's exams the following year. Following several assignments in America, he was made eighth lieutenant on Lord Keith's flagship HMS Barfleur in 1798. Serving in the Mediterranean.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Town House Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of the Town House in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The Town House was built in 1626 and was the administrative centre of Culross with a tollbooth and witches' prison. The front of the building was altered, and the forestair and clock and bell tower were added in 1783.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Mercat Cross Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of the Mercat Cross in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The Mercat Cross has a unicorn on top. The cross was the symbol of a burgh's right to trade and was located in the market place of Culross. A mercat cross is a market cross found in Scottish cities and towns where trade and commerce was a part of economic life. It was originally a place where merchants would gather, and later became the focal point of many town events such as executions, announcements and proclamations.



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