Distant view from north east
SC 740608
Description Distant view from north east
Date c. 1885
Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 740608
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 2011
Scope and Content Kilconquhar, Fife Kilconquhar, a picturesque village on the shores of Kilconquhar Loch, lies a short distance inland from Elie and the east coast of Fife. The village, pronounced 'Kinuchar', was photographed c.1890 by the Scottish photographer, Erskine Beveridge. The village, built along a main street which circles round the churchyard, is dominated by the distinctive pinnacled tower of its parish church. The church, built in 1819-21, is set on a knoll by the side of the loch, said to have formed in 1624 after a storm blocked a natural drainage channel. It is thought that the name of the village comes from 'Kil', meaning cell, and 'Conquhar', the Latinised name of Connacher the Hermit. There was a church here in the 12th century which was in the care of the convent of North Berwick, and was consecrated in 1243. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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