Crail Tolbooth, Fife. XPL 3363-331
Crail is the most easterly of the line of coastal settlements along the south side of the East Neuk of Fife. Many would also say it is also the most attractive of them, though each has its own unique character. Ten miles south east of St Andrews, Crail is a wonderful place to visit at any time of year, though it's probably at its best on a bright day in Winter when you stand more chance of having it to yourself. Kirkmay House, Marketgate The Old House, Marketgate The Jerdan Galllery Harbourside Houses The town has an ancient history. It was well settled by the 800s and was a thriving town by the 1100s. Crail was made a royal burgh by King Robert the Bruce in 1310. He also gave it the right to hold markets on a Sunday. For many years after the Reformation of 1560 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland tried without success to force a change of Crail's market to a weekday. The Royal Burgh of Crail is a burgh in Fife, Scotland and part of the East Neuk. Built around a harbour, it has a museum and a pottery. The most notable building in the town is its twelfth century church. The Crail golfing Society is the seventh oldest in the world. Their oldest course, Balcomie, was formally laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1894 but competitions had been played there since the 1850's. On the beach beside the harbour, there are fossilised trees, dating back to the carboniferous geological period. Crail Aerodrome, to the north of the town, started life as a naval air station during the First World War. In the runup to the Second World War it became HMS Jackdaw. Planes from the airbase took part in the final attack on the Tirpitz in 1944. After the war the airbase was taken over by the Royal Navy and renamed as HMS Bruce. Between 1956 and 1958 the airfield was used by the Joint Services School for Linguists to train Russian linguists. The site of the airfield is now home to the Crail Raceway, which hosts events every second Sunday of the month. The Raceway lets ama
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