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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Anstruther, Scotland

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Anstruther, Scotland

Anstruther Model Solar System

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

St Monans windmill and salt pans.

Anstruther, Scotland

St Monans Salt Pans

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

Anstruther, Scotland

Smuggler's Inn

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

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St. Fillan's Cave

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

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The old wellies decorate the slipway at the St Monans harbour.

Saint Monans, Scotland

Wellie Garden of St Monans

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

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Airdrie, Scotland

Scotland's Secret Bunker

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

3 miles from Anstruther

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Dunino, Scotland

Dunino Den

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

4 miles from Anstruther

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