Castle Garden Cliffs, Crail

Category

Library Item

Item no

29038

Title

Castle Garden Cliffs, Crail

Description

View looking towards the cliffs at crail from the pebble beach below them. A structure with a pointed roof and tall chimney stick up behind the brow of the cliff.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1879

Size

12.0 cm x 16.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

It is believed the settlement at Crail dates from at least Pictish times and was an important fishing and market town since the 12th century when Robert the Bruce gave controversial permission to hold markets on Sundays. Situated on the picturesque East Neuk of Fife the town now has a roaring tourist trade as people come to see the pretty miniature harbour and view the 17th to 19th century architecture which has historically been a draw for artists.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Landscape > Land > Beaches

Landscape > Land > Cliffs

Landscape > Land > Coastlines

Landscape > Land > Rocks

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Walls

Landscape > Water > Reservoirs

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Places > Scotland > Fife

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