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Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House

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Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Dysart Harbour & Harbourmaster's House
Phone:
+44 1592 656080

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 4:30pm
Monday9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday9:30am - 4:30pm


Dysart is a former town and royal burgh located on the south-east coast between Kirkcaldy and West Wemyss in Fife. The town is now considered to be a suburb of Kirkcaldy. Dysart was once part of a wider estate owned by the St Clair or Sinclair family. They were responsible for gaining burgh of barony status for the town towards the end of the 15th century. The first record of the town was made in the early 13th century, its initial role being to settle civil matters between the church and landowners. During the middle of the 15th century, trade with the Low Countries began for salt and coal exportation. In the 16th and 17th centuries, trade expanded to the Baltic Countries. Dysart acquired two nicknames: Salt Burgh and Little Holland as a result. Following the sudden decline of the town's harbour caused by the closure of the Lady Blanche Pit, the town was amalgamated into the royal burgh of Kirkcaldy under an act of parliament in 1930. Urban clearance during the 1950s and 1960s saw large parts of the historic town demolished for new housing. Demand from the town's residents meant that part of the historic town — most notably the 16th-century and the 18th-century houses of Pan Ha' opposite the harbour — were salvaged and preserved for future generations. Today, Dysart retains an individual character within the boundary of neighbouring Kirkcaldy.
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