Once a standalone village, Drummochy is now surrounded by Lundin Links to the west and Lower Largo to the east. This small corner of Largo has a history stretching back hundreds of years and was important due to its location on an elevated piece of land adjacent to where a stream meets the sea. The name Drummochy (or Drummochie) reflects its physical form - 'drumm' meaning ridge. In 1837, when the farms of Blacketyside and Bankhead were advertised for sale in the Fife Herald, the description spoke of the farms being "within two miles of the shipping ports of Leven and Drummochy", showing the importance of this once busy harbour. When the above postcard was sent in 1908, Drummochy was connected to Seatoun of Largo only by wooden footbridge. A bridge for vehicles was not built until 1914. The saltworks at Drummochy has been covered in a previous post, however, this advert from 1774 is a reminder of a time when the production of salt would have been vital to this area.
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The above postcard image was taken from the edge of the Lundin Ladies Golf Course looking towards Largo Law. Taken during the inter-war period, it shows a very rural scene of farm buildings, haystacks, chickens and the Keil burn. In 1995, the farm steading and mill complex was developed into a new Bett housing estate named Penrice Park (after long-standing tenants of the farm). The area was surveyed by archaeologists at the time of its redevelopment and it was concluded that the oldest buildings still standing at that time dated back to the 1830s or 1840s. Some of the old farm buildings can be seen in the background below - the foreground being the 9th green and club house of the Lundin Ladies Golf Course. This image was created by stitching together a couple of freeze frames from an old cine film taken in the early 1960s.
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