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Largo Bay is the indentation of the N side of the Firth of Forth, at the top of which the parish just described lies. It is flanked on the E side by Kincraig Point, 12¾ miles in a straight line SW of Fife Ness, and on the W side by the point at Buckhaven harbour, measures across the mouth, in a line from point to point, 65/8 miles, and 2¼ miles from this line to the deepest part. The shores, formed from E to W by the parishes of Kilconquhar, Newburn, Largo, Scoonie, and Wemyss, are rocky on the E, W, and centre, and elsewhere low and sandy. There are several streams flowing into it, of which the chief are Cocklemill Burn, near the E side, Kiel Burn in the centre, and the river Leven on the W; within the bay, at the extreme E side, is a smaller rocky bay 5/8 mile wide across the mouth, and ½ mile deep, with its sides formed E by Kincraig Point, and W by Ruddons Point. The bottom of the bay is mostly sandy, and forms excellent ground for line fishing, as witness the song of The Boatie Rows-
I cuist my line in Largo Bay,
and fishes I caught nine;
There's three to Boil. and three to fry,
And three to bait the line.
All along the coast extensive salmon fishings are carried on by fixed nets. Towards the E, beneath the sands, there are traces of a submerged forest.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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