page_title: Pittenweem
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Pittenweem / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Pittenweem Primary School With a school roll of just under 100 pupils it's quite a large school. Situated on the northern edge of the village.
context_page_description: Pittenweem is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747.
  The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. "Pit-" represents Pictish pett 'place, portion of land', and "-enweem" is Gaelic na h-Uaimh, 'of the Caves' in Gaelic, so "The Place of the Caves". The name is rendered Baile na h-Uaimh in modern Gaelic, with baile, 'town, settlement', substituted for the Pictish prefix. The cave in question is almost certainly St Fillan's cave, although there are many indentations along the rocky shores that could have influenced the name.
context_section_description: The village sits astride a raised beach. The lower part of the village has the harbour and the older houses. The upper part has the main shopping area, churches, school and the more recent houses.
caption: Pittenweem Primary School
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