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Pettycur Bay and Harbour

Picturesque Pettycur lies between the small Fife coastal towns of Kinghorn and Burntisland. Pettycur Harbour is on the right and the houses are on and below the hill which is known as Witches Hill. On Witches Hill during the Middle Ages, sad, frightened old ladies were burned because of ignorance, superstition and prejudice. The rocks in the mid-ground are basaltic lavas from the Carboniferous period, whilst the sand is just gorgeous silica sand with a lot of sea-shells.

 

Made Explore #328 on 27 May 2009.

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Uploaded on May 27, 2009
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