Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Dysart, a seaport in Fifeshire, on the N. coast of the Firth of Forth, 13 miles N.E. of Edinburgh. In the fifteenth century there were salt works here, and some coal was worked in the sixteenth century. There is a flax factory here, and a harbour, and a space in the centre contains an old town hall. The old castle of Ravenscraig in the neighbourhood is utilised by Scott.