Pittenweem Houses

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Pittenweem Houses by John McMillan as part of the Geograph project.

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Pittenweem Houses

Image: © John McMillan Taken: 2 May 2006

Pittenweem "The place of the cave". Placenames beginning with "Pit" come from the time of the Picts and mean a plot of land. These houses are at the harbour; the white one probably belonged to a merchant and the small one to a fisherman.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.212026
Longitude
-2.72998