Aberlady

Had a lovely afternoon walk round Aberlady, which is a lovely coastal village on the way to Gullane and North Berwick (which was Britain in Bloom winner this year). 

Aberlady has archaeological evidence of a significant and wealthy Anglo-Saxon settlement dating from 7th to the 10th centuries.
In the Middle Ages, Aberlady was an important harbour for fishing, sealing, and whaling and was designated "Port of Haddington" by a 1633 Act of Parliament. 

Aberlady had strong links with the monasteries at Iona and Lindisfarne from the 7th century, and its role was to facilitate the pilgrim traffic between the two sites. Previous archaeological excavations have shown traces of a Culdee chapel, and Pope Gregory X made reference to the church which he called "Aberlefdi". The 8th century Aberlady Cross fragment can be seen at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. A reconstruction of this finely carved cross was erected in 2011 by Aberlady Conservation & History Society.

I hope you are having a good Sunday.