Burntisland, Fife - NT237862
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These three attached dials form an original and essential part of the corner of this rather fine 1900c building.

Visited 22 Aug 2004 - Author

The embarassing thing for me about Burntisland is that I had always read it and thought of it as Burnt-is-land rather than Burnt-island. This was not a problem for many years until I was passing through it on a crowded train and talking on my phone when we pulled into Burnt-is-land. I announced this to the person in my phone and immediately marked myself out as not being from round there - much to the amusement of those around me.

The second confession is that I had not deliberately gone to see these dials and indeed did not even know they existed. Instead I had gone to see centrally planned St Columba's Church which was built in 1592 and was one of the first post-reformation churches in Scotland and is now the oldest post-reformation church still standing in Scotland. It certainly did not disappoint.

Go and visit it - though check when it is open.

The last thing I did this day out was walk up to Rossend Castle which is now strangely located in a housing estate. An old sign proclaimed it to be the office of the architects, Robert Hurd and Partners. I was really rather jealous.

A little taster of St Columba's, Burntisland