The beauty of this small,
cobbled fishing town is in stark contrast to what
happened on a cold October night in 1881 when 129
men – virtually all the local men folk - were
killed during a catastrophic storm.
It was the worst fishing disaster in Scotland’s
long history.
The nearby ruin of Fast Castle
was dubbed ‘Wolf’s Crag’ by the great
Edinburgh-born writer Sir Walter Scott in his 1819
novel ‘The Bride of Lammemoor’.
