Fife is bounded by two of Scotlands main Firths, with the Tay as its northern boundary and the Forth as its southern. It has the North Sea as its eastern boundary, and before the building of the Bridges across the Tay and the Forth increased road and rail travel, its many small and not so small ports were thriving with both traders and tourists who found that ships were a fast and convenient method of travel.
Fife is still known as the Kingdom of Fife, a fact which both confuses and attracts tourists, and this title of Kingdom of Fife emanates from its history of being one of the ancient Pictish kingdoms. A glance through any Fife business directory, business guide, or tourist information website, will show that many Fife businesses still use the word Kingdom in their trading titles, hoping that it will entice more tourists to travel there, savour the ancient history, and of course use their products and services.
As you travel throughout the Kingdom, whether as a resident or tourist, you will notice a predominance of place names beginning with pit; this is nothing to do with the abundance of coal in Fife, but emanates from the old Pictish language, which unlike...
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