Just before the first Covid lockdown we visited with a friend the ancient town of Inverkeithing in Fife. We’d passed through it many times, even making purchases there. However we’d never taken a really close look. It has some interesting features.

Inverkeithing Mercat Cross:-

A short history of the town:-

This is the lintel mentioned in that history above. The inscription reads, “God’s providence is my inheritance”:-

Lintels like this were commonly placed above the doors of houses built for newly married couples, usually with their initials and the date of the marriage. This one is more elaborate than most. “IT. BT. Except the Lord build the house they labour in vain that built it.”:-

For a time the explorer David Livingston lived in the town – in Moffat Cottage:-