Houses in Shoregate
SC 388538
Description Houses in Shoregate
Date c. 1885
Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 388538
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 1985
Scope and Content View of Shoregate, Crail, Fife Crail was created a royal burgh in 1310, with a royal castle just to the east of the burgh. Fishing was the main industry in the town throughout its history, but this declined during the 19th century, and the town now relies on tourism. Shoregate is the oldest street in Crail and leads from the harbour to the High Street. These 17th- and 18th-century houses display features typical of Fife fishing villages - crowstepped gables, pantiled roofs and external forestairs to the first floors. With the decline in the herring industry in the late 19th century, the fisherfolk turned to catching lobsters instead, and many lobster pots are in this image. The harbour is now used by only a few small boats for lobster fishing. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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