View of St David's, Dysart, from NE.
SC 1575309
Description View of St David's, Dysart, from NE.
Date 11/1964
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 1575309
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 955
Scope and Content Written on the back of the mounted print: ‘Shire: Fife. Place: Dysart. Building: 21 and 25, Fitzroy Street (St David’s)’. Photographer: ‘J.P.’ Date: ‘Nov 1964’ Stair-tower, St David's, Fitzroy Street, Dysart, Fife St David's was built in the 16th century and heightened in around 1680. The stair-tower (right) contains a staircase providing access to the floors of the main block. The room at its top is called a cap-house. Dysart, a pre-existing settlement on the outskirts of Kirkcaldy, became a burgh of barony in 1510 and a royal burgh in 1533. Originally a salt-making centre, it grew into a thriving port for exporting coal and fish. It declined from the 18th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference MW/BR/DYS(T)/29
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