Museums, archives and heritage in Fife

Fife (or Fifeshire), maritime county in E. of Scotland; is bounded N. by the Firth of Tay, E. by the North Sea, S. by the Firth of Forth, and W. by the counties of Perth, Kinross, and Clackmannan; greatest length, 43 miles; greatest breadth, 18 miles; area, 314,952 acres, population 171,931. Fife forms the peninsula … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Dumfries & Galloway

Dumfries-shire, maritime county, on S. border of Scotland; adjoins the counties of Lanark, Peebles, and Selkirk on the N., and on the S. is washed by the Sol way Firth; extends about 53 miles NW. and SE. between Ayrshire and Cumberland, and about 32 miles NE. and SW. between Roxburghshire and Kirkcudbrightshire; coast-line, about 20 … Read more