Street View West Braes Pittenweem Scotland

View Larger Map

Street view of West Braes, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is an excellent spot for shooting photographs of Pittenweem foreshore.

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

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Photograph Pantile Roofs Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of houses with pantile roofs in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Pantiles initially appeared in eastern coastal areas of Scotland during the 17th century, being brought at first from Holland as ballast in trading ships. A legend states that when the British princess, and future Saint, Teneu, daughter of the king of Lothian, became pregnant before marriage, her family threw her from a cliff. She survived the fall unharmed, and was soon met by an unmanned boat. She knew she had no home to go to, so she got into the boat; it sailed her across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross where she was cared for by Saint Serf; he became foster-father of her son, Saint Kentigern or Mungo.



View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

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

Tour Scotland Photograph Video Culross Palace Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Culross Palace, Fife, Scotland. This Palace is a late 16th, to early 17th century merchant's house. The palace, or "Great Lodging", was constructed by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock. Bruce was a successful merchant who had a flourishing trade with other Forth ports, the Low Countries and the Baltic countries. He had interests in coal mining and salt production, and is credited with sinking the world's first coal mine to extend under the sea. Although never a royal residence, James VI visited the Palace in 1617.



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

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Photograph Auchinbaird Windmill

Tour Scotland photograph of Auchinbaird Windmill, New Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. A late 17th century vaulted tower grain mill. Before 1860 the top of tower was castellated, later on the brick dome was added and tower converted into a doocot. New Sauchie is a relatively modern settlement developed around the Holton Village area to house miners working in the Earl of Mar's colliery at the Holton mine.



View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

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

Tour Scotland Photograph Sauchie Tower

Tour Scotland photograph of Sauchie Tower, Scotland. Sauchie is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The name means the place or field of the willows. The land originally belonged to Clan Campbell, being mentioned in connection with Cailean Mór and Gilleasbaig of Menstrie. In 1321 Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie to Henry de Annand, former Sherriff of Clackmannan. A tower was built in 1335, and the present Sauchie Tower is on the same site. The extant tower was built before 1431 when Mary de Annand, the co-heiress to the estate, married Sir James Schaw of Greenock. The tower is all that remains of the village which developed within its protective radius. In the early 1700's the Schaw family moved from the tower to the more comfortable Newtonschaw.



View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

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