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The East Neuk of Fife (/iːst njuːk/ ⓘ) is a coastal region of Fife, Scotland, facing the Firth of Forth and the North Sea. It is noted for its picturesque fishing villages,[1] which exhibit distinctive pan-tiled roofs. The word "neuk" is Scots for "nook" or "corner".
The East Neuk stretches from Lundin Links to St Andrews[1] and includes the villages of Elie and Earlsferry, Colinsburgh, St Monans, Pittenweem, Arncroach, Carnbee, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, and Crail, as well as their immediate hinterland, as far as the upland area known as the Riggin o' Fife.[2]
The region includes a Cold War-era bunker near Crail.[3] Built in the late 1950s to be a regional seat of government in the event of a nuclear war, it is now a tourist attraction.
See also
References
- ^ a b "East Neuk of Fife". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ^ "Fife Place-name Data :: The East Neuk". Fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Scotland's Secret Bunker". www.secretbunker.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
External links
- Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, John Keay
- The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities, Geology, Botany, and Natural History in General, Rev. Walter Wood, A.M.
- Rick Steves' Great Britain 2008, Rick Steves
- Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife, M. F. Conolly 1866
- Fife Place-name Data
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