Table of Contents
1 Aberdour Castle | West Fife: Aberdour
Pigeons in the beehive and rabbits in the pillows 10
2 The Orontes Ceiling | West Fife: Aberdour
First-class glass that sailed down under 12
3 The Lime Kilns | West Fife: Charlestown
The miraculous powder that came from the stones 14
4 Jim Baxter | West Fife: Cowdenbeath
The man who played keepy-uppy at Wembley 16
5 The Wee Miner Boy | West Fife: Cowdenbeath
Brightening up a grimy heritage 18
6 Culross Palace | West Fife: Culross
The glowing rewards of the Egyptian wheel 20
7 Braefoot Point | West Fife: Dalgety Bay
Panoramas, pillboxes and petrochemicals 22
8 Donibristle | West Fife: Dalgety Bay
In search of Lady Mondegreen 24
9 The Abbey Church | West Fife: Dunfermline
How Tiffany finally got together with Bruce 26
10 Abbot House | West Fife: Dunfermline
An old survivor, in the pink once more 28
11 Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum | West Fife: Dunfermline
The noblest possible use of wealth 30
12 The City Chambers | West Fife: Dunfermline
A ubiquitous clock and a hungover elf 32
13 Fire Station Creative | West Fife: Dunfermline
Deco landmark aflame with artistic enterprise 34
14 Pittencrieff Park | West Fife: Dunfermline
Sweetness, light and peacocks 36
15 The Royal Guesthouse | West Fife: Dunfermline
From poor pilgrims to an ill-starred prince 38
16 St Margaret's Cave | West Fife: Dunfermline
Simple royal retreat, with ample parking 40
17 Tam o' Shanter | West Fife: Dunfermline
'And at his elbow, Souter Johnny' 42
18 The Mercat Cross | West Fife: Inverkeithing
A unicorn to believe in 44
19 Devilla Forest | West Fife: Kincardine
Shinrin-joku, secret lochs and squirrel-spotting 46
20 Tulliallan Kirkyard | West Fife: Kincardine
Emblems of trade and mortality 48
21 St Ninian's Land Art | West Fife: Kingseat
Cosmic fragments of the art park that never was 50
22 The Vintage Bus Museum | West Fife: Lathalmond
Transports of delight 52
23 Lochore Meadows | West Fife: Lochgelly
From colliery wasteland to country park 54
24 Preston Island | West Fife: Low Valleyfield
Floating Bob's high-water mark 56
25 The Forth Road Bridge | West Fife: North Queensferry
Walking in the air 58
26 The Harbour Light Tower | West Fife: North Queensferry
You too can be a keeper of the lamp 60
27 Underwater Safari | West Fife: North Queensferry
Sharks overhead! 62
28 The Dockyard Castle | West Fife: Rosyth
Silent witness marooned amongst umbilicals 64
29 The 'Garden City' | West Fife: Rosyth
Scotland's prototype new town 66
30 The Binn | Central Fife: Burntisland
Vanished history on the rocks 68
31 The Kirk of the Bible | Central Fife: Burntisland
Four-square equality, and a better Good Book 70
32 The Museum of Communication | Central Fife: Burntisland
Technology with knobs on 72
33 The Wemyss School of Needlework | Central Fife: Coaltown of Wemyss
Stitches in time 74
34 The Wemyss Caves | Central Fife: East Wemyss
Threatened traces of the painted people 76
35 The Caichpule | Central Fife: Falkland
Favourite court of the Queen of Scots 78
36 Falkland Palace | Central Fife: Falkland
Reimagined Renaissance splendour 80
37 Maspie Den | Central Fife: Falkland
Walk behind the water 82
38 Pillars of Hercules | Central Fife: Falkland
Organic food pioneer still going strong 84
39 The Violin Shop | Central Fife: Falkland
An ex-tec with more than one string to his bow 86
40 The Bunnet Stane | Central Fife: Gateside
Aeolian sculpture from aeons past 88
41 Prehistoric Balfarg | Central Fife: Glenrothes
A time before this 90
42 The Town Art | Central Fife: Glenrothes
A regular army of hippopotami 92
43 Kinghom Loch | Central Fife: Kinghorn
The water that came back from the dead 94
44 Adam Smith Close | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
In the footsteps of the 'father of capitalism' 96
45 The Art Gallery | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
A brush with Scottish colour 98
46 The Coptic Screen | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
Linktown's link to Egypt 100
47 Dysart | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
From a legendary saint to a fictional outlander 102
48 Fife Ice Arena | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
Get your skates on 104
49 The Linoleum Poem | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
The magical mixture with the 'queer-like smell' 106
50 Maggie's Centre | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
A whole new angle on a challenging issue 108
51 The Merchant's House | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
A grand design and a ghost ship 110
52 'Pet Marjorie' | Central Fife: Kirkcaldy
The reinvention of a feisty wunderkind 112
53 The Bull Stone | Central Fife: Leslie
The gory past of a peaceful green 114
34 Fife Heritage Railway | Central Fife: Leven
Hear that whistle blowing 116
35 Dalginch | Central Fife: Markinch
The gathering place at Fife's ancient heart 118
56 Alexander III Monument | Central Fife: Pettycur
It was a dark and stormy night… 120
57 Auld Wemyss Ways | Central Fife: West Wemyss
The chattering parrot and the sentinel canary 122
55 The Fisheries Museum | East Fife: Anstruther
Farlans, Zulus and the real price of fish 124
59 The Isle of May | East Fife: Anstruther
Where the sky meets the sea 126
60 Kellie Castle | East Fife: Amcroach
Reviving the sleeping beauty of the East Neuk 128
61 Cellardyke Harbour | East Fife: Cellardyke
The silvery scales of Skinfast 130
62 Fife Folk Museum | East Fife: Ceres
A vivid tribute to ordinary lives 132
63 Wemyss Ware | East Fife: Ceres
Cheerful pottery pets with a Bohemian past 134
64 The Dutch Village | East Fife: Craigtoun
Fairy tales can come true 136
65 Crail Airfield | East Fife: Crail
Spy school for literati 138
66 The Lobster Hut | East Fife: Crail
The freshest crustaceans on the loveliest harbour 140
67 Priory Doocot | East Fife: Crail
Impeccable apartments for pigeons 142
68 Dunino Den | East Fife: Dunino
Reconnecting with the elementals 144
69 The Chain Walk | East Fife: Elie
Step we gaily, on we go 146
70 Lady's Tower | East Fife: Elie
The flighty bather who flattened a village 148
71 The Cheese Farm | East Fife: Falside
The fresh tang of the East Neuk 150
72 The Cambo Snowdrops | East Fife: Kingbarns
Carpets of milk flowers 152
73 Alexander Selkirk | East Fife: Lower Largo
Dances with cats 154
74 Lundin Ladies' Golf Club | East Fife: Lundin Links
Elusive links with prehistory 156
75 Bowbridge Alpacas | East Fife: Peat Inn
Close encounters of the camelid kind 158
76 The Arts Festival | East Fife: Pittenweem
Creative endeavour round every corner 160
77 St Fillan's Cave | East Fife: Pittenweem
The shady tale of the man with the luminous arm 162
78 Bell Pettigrew Museum | East Fife: St Andrews
Sad solitaires, flexible fish and flying machines 164
79 The Botanic Garden | East Fife: Andrews
Bright wings in a green oasis 166
80 The Byre Theatre | East Fife: St Andrews
Please keep your feet off the stage 168
81 The Cathedral Museum | East Fife: St Andrews
A hidden Pictish masterpiece with far-flung roots 170
82 The PH Monogram | East Fife: St Andrews
Burning with intent 172
83 The R & A World Golf Museum | East Fife: St Andrews
Open secrets right by the Old Course 174
84 The Rock and Spindle | East Fife: St Andrews
The explosive past of a peaceful shore 176
85 Saint Andrew | East Fife: St Andrews
Scotland's X-man 178
86 St Mary's College | East Fife: St Andrews
In the beginning was the word 180
87 St Rule's Tower | East Fife: St Andrews
A coign of vantage with a kindly ghost 182
88 West Sands | East Fife: St Andrews
A pretty good run for their money 184
89 The Auld Kirk | East Fife: St Monans
An exquisite cliffhanger 186
90 Bowhouse | East Fife: St Monans
The local market that's got it all covered 188
91 East Pier Smokehouse | East Fife: St Monans
A refreshingly different kettle of fish 190
92 The Windmill | East Fife: St Monans
Toiling at the pans 192
93 Bishop's Wood | East Fife: Strathkinness
Rough justice for Sharp practice 194
94 The Cold War Bunker | East Fife: Troywood
Not with a bang but a whimper 196
95 Sir Jimmy Shand | North Fife: Auchtermuchry
The toe-tapping Laird o'Muchty 198
96 Balmerino Abbey | North Fife: Balmerino
Commune of the white monks 200
97 Scottish Deer Centre | North Fife: Bow of Fife
Animal magic 202
98 Cupar Heritage Trail | North Fife: Cupar
The tantalising past of the old county town 204
99 Hill of Tarvit | North Fife: Cupar
Upstairs, downstairs and out on the green 206
100 Scotstarvit Tower | North Fife: Cupar
Status symbol of a sardonic Scot 208
101 Eden Mill Distillery | North Fife: Guardbridge
The doctrine of original gin 210
102 St Athernase Church | North Fife: Leuchars
The discreet charm of the Romanesque 212
103 The Orchard Town | North Fife: Newburgh
The fruits of an ancient heritage 214
104 The Unknown Bairn | North Fife: Tayport
Unnamed, but not unmourned 216
105 The Polish Camp | North Fife: Tentsmuir
The eagle and the lion 218
106 The Tay Bridge Disaster | North Fife: Wormit
'Remember'd for a very long time' 220
107 The Artline | Kingdom of Fife
Platforms for creativity 222
108 The Coastal Path | Kingdom of Fife
Walking the fringe of gold 224
109 The Little Houses | Kingdom of Fife
New homes for old 226
110 The Pilgrim Way | Kingdom of Fife
Take the road less travelled 228
111 Waymarkers and Milestones | Kingdom of Fife
Show me the way to go home 230