St Monans - Local Information on the location

St Monans - At the western point of St Monans lies the ruins of Newark Castle. Pre 16th century the castle was bought by a Fifer in 1649 David Leslie and had the restorations of Sir Robert Lorimar aspired the Glasgow's Burrell collection could well have been housed here. Heading back towards St Monans you see St-Monans church which has breathtaking views over the Forth. From the church you walk over Invurie Burn and up onto views over the harbour. St Monans harbour used to see some of the local fishing fleet built here. Until a few years ago Millers boatyard employed many of the local men to build boats, it was a great sight to see a new boat being launched into the harbour especially the largest boat built here as it was only a few feet from hitting the far end of the harbour wall when launched. The harbour still has a boat slip where many boats a taken if they require repairs and painting. Heading east from the harbour you come past the caravan park to the Windmill. Recently restored the Windmill was used for pumping the seawater to the saltpans. From this the water was extracted leaving only the salt. It would take approximately 32 tons of sea water to produce 1 ton of salt.