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Kellie Lodge
Kellie Lodge is a building in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. Located at 23 High Street, it is Category A listed. Some of the three-storey building dates to 1590, but it was largely rebuilt and restored between 1969 and 1971. An L-plan town house, it is harled with its margins pantiled. It has swept dormer heads and crowsteps, It has a front ashlar stair Anstruther tower (older than the lodge to which it is attached)''The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century'' (1887), p. 42 and a turret stair. The rest of the frontage is in a small forecourt. The lodge was formerly the residence of the Earls of Kellie The title Earl of Kellie or Kelly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Sir Thomas Erskine, who was Captain of the Guard and Groom of the Stool for James VI. It is named after Barony of Kellie in Fife, Scotland. Since 1875, i ....''The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittenweem
Pittenweem ( ) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747. Etymology The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. "Pit-" represents Pictish ''pett'' 'place, portion of land', and "-enweem" is Gaelic ''na h-Uaimh'', 'of the Caves' in Gaelic, so "The Place of the Caves". The name is rendered ''Baile na h-Uaimh'' in modern Gaelic, with ''baile'', 'town, settlement', substituted for the Pictish prefix. The cave in question is almost certainly St Fillan's cave. History The settlement has existed as a fishing village since early medieval times. The oldest structure, St. Fillan's Cave, dates from the 7th century. An Augustinian priory moved here from the Isle of May in the 13th century, but there was already a church at that time. Pittenweem Parish Church (which is attached to the local tolbooth) has a Norman doorway dating to before 1200. The gatehouse to the east is 15th century. The priory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
