Pittenweem

Pittenweem is a small village in the County of Fife on the East Coast of Scotland. The name supposedly derives from Pictish where "Pit" is "place", "ten" is "of the" and "weem" is "cave", so "The place of the cave", although it is generally agreed that no-one knows the true etymology. The cave in question may be St Filan's cave, see below, although there are many indentations along the rocky shore. The village has a population of around 1,500 people.

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The village is a Royal Burgh. Founded as a fishing village it grew along the shoreline from the West where the sheltered beaches provided safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water.

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In due course a breakwater was built extending out from one of the rocky skerries that jut out South-West into the Firth of Forth like fingers. This provided an ability to keep boats afloat rather than being beached, which allowed for larger boats.

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