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View of Crail harbour, Shoregate, from south west.

SC 388582

Description View of Crail harbour, Shoregate, from south west.

Date c. 1890

Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 388582

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of F 1906

Scope and Content View of Harbour, 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. Crail harbour was first built in the late 15th or early 16th century. The burgh tried unsuccessfully for many years to have the harbour extended because the approach was surrounded by rocks. Improvements were finally made to the original harbour c.1862. As this view of c.1890 shows, the decline of the herring industry in the late 19th century severely affected the number of boats working from Crail. Today, the harbour is used by only a few small boats for lobster fishing. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 59) Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

> Item Level (SC 388582) View of Crail harbour, Shoregate, from south west.

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