Fidra Island at sunset
Fidra Island is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, north-west of North Berwick, is in fact the inspiration for one of the world's most famous novels.
Fidra, a rocky wee isle, is home to a lone lighthouse kept company by a small populations of guillemots, razorbills, gulls and puffins.
And it is this unassuming island that is in fact the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous book Treasure Island .
He supposedly based the swash-buckling story's treasure map on Fidra, following visits accompanied by his father, who had a large part to play in the design of the lighthouse tower.
Fidra Island at sunset
Fidra Island is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, north-west of North Berwick, is in fact the inspiration for one of the world's most famous novels.
Fidra, a rocky wee isle, is home to a lone lighthouse kept company by a small populations of guillemots, razorbills, gulls and puffins.
And it is this unassuming island that is in fact the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous book Treasure Island .
He supposedly based the swash-buckling story's treasure map on Fidra, following visits accompanied by his father, who had a large part to play in the design of the lighthouse tower.