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Church Attractions In Pittenweem

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Pittenweem is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. Pit- represents Pictish pett 'place, portion of land', and -enweem is Gaelic na h-Uaimh, 'of the Caves' in Gaelic, so The Place of the Caves. The name is rendered Baile na h-Uaimh in modern Gaelic, with baile, 'town, settlement', substituted for the Pictish prefix. The cave in question is almost certainly St Fillan's cave, although there are many indentations along the rocky shores that could have influenced the name.
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