Pitlessie from the A914
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Pitlessie from the A914
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 15 Jun 2013
I don't know for certain if this is the site of an old village green, as it isn't marked as such on maps. Nevertheless, it brings to mind what the village might have looked like in more bustling times before rural depopulation. Local boy David Wilkie immortalised a rare moment of rural history when he painted the following scene in 1804. http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/W/6004/artist_name/Sir%20David%20Wilkie/record_id/2431 According to the RIAS architectural guide to The Kingdom of Fife, the distant gable in the painting has been identified as that of No.12 High Street.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.274294
Longitude
-3.074489