Dysart Harbour. Aerial view from West.
SC 1672737
Description Dysart Harbour. Aerial view from West.
Date 1981
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1672737
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 8739
Scope and Content Aerial view, Dysart Harbour, Dysart, Fife Dysart Harbour, in its present layout, was begun in the 1600s, funded by Lord Sinclair and the burgh. It first appears on a map in 1750. The inner dock, completed in 1829, was the first purpose-built coal-exporting dock in Scotland. This aerial view reveals the layout of the harbour. The inner, coal-loading, dock is to the left. To its right, the long east pier and the shorter west pier enclose the tidal basin. 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.
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