IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Broomhill Road, BURNTISLAND, KY3 0BB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Broomhill Road, KY3 0BB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (147 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
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Kirkton, Burntisland
A residential area in the east of Burntisland, overlooked by the volcanic crag of the Binn, and the Craigkelly television transmitter.
Image: © Robert Struthers
Taken: 4 Jun 2017
0.04 miles
2
17thC houses in Somerville Square, Burntisland
'Watson's West Tenement', bequeathed to the town by John Watson in about 1769 to provide three widows with rent-free accommodation; and still fulfils its original purpose today.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 20 Apr 2011
0.04 miles
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18thC house, Somerville Square, Burntisland
An 18th century burgess house, though some parts are believed to be earlier. One of its former residents was the mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville, after whom Somerville College in Oxford is named. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville
She was brought to life explaining her scientific observations to her friend, the great British landscape artist J.M.W. Turner in the 2014 feature film Mr. Turner'.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 20 Apr 2011
0.05 miles
4
18thC doorway, Somerville Square
The carved stone to the right of the doorway reads, BLISSIT BE GOD FOR ALL HIS VAGES
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 20 Apr 2011
0.05 miles
6
19th century tenement, corner of Somerville Street and the Kirkgate
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 20 Apr 2011
0.05 miles
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Hanselled Books, Burntisland
A second-hand bookshop's name conserves of an old Scots word that has become practically extinct in the past half century. To hansel an object is to make first use of it, ergo 'Hanselled Books' are books that have already been read.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 20 Apr 2011
0.05 miles
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17thC houses in Somerville Square, Burntisland
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 20 Apr 2011
0.06 miles
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Burntisland High Street
Looking west along the High Street to Burntisland Railway Viaduct. Image
Image: © Paul McIlroy
Taken: 2 Jun 2007
0.07 miles
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Site of the former tollbooth, Burntisland
Nothing now remains of the building where 224 Covenanters were imprisoned in May 1685 in deplorable conditions, packed into two rooms in the tollbooth without food or water. They had been shipped to the town from Leith They were then marched all the way to Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven. For more information, see https://www.burntisland.net/churches-article4.htm.
Image: © Becky Williamson
Taken: 13 Apr 2019
0.07 miles