Robinson Crusoe

was born here!! In Lower Largo Fife..

Alexander Selkirk was born in the small seaside town of Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland in 1676. A younger son of a shoemaker, he was drawn to a life at sea from an early age. In 1704, during a privateering voyage on the Cinque Ports, Selkirk fell out with the commander over the boat's seaworthiness and he decided to remain behind on island, now named Robinson Crusoe, where they had landed to overhaul the worm-infested vessel.
He cannot have known that it would be five years before he was picked up by an English ship visiting the island. (taken from here)

It is thought that Daniel Defoe was inspired by the story of Alexander Selkirk for his book Robinson Crusoe but it is not known whether they ever met.

For the seaside architecture project ... this is in the Village of Lower Largo and is fairly typical of a lot of local houses here.. made of sandstone with a red tile roof.