10,000 years ago the shoreline was 60 feet lower than it is at present and St.

Andrews Bay took a very different form from what we see today. Then the

sea-level rose quite rapidly so that 6,000 years ago the shore-line was 30 feet

higher than it is today. The Eden Estuary extended up to Dairsie Bridge,

Leuchars was an island and Tentsmuir Forest did not exist at all.

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