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Statue of Alexander Selkirk

Statue of Alexander Selkirk

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Statue of Alexander Selkirk

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Location: Largo Area, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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1. Statue of Alexander Selkirk – Dumbarnie Links Nature Reserve loop from Elie and Earlsferry

14.1km

03:35

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2. Statue of Alexander Selkirk – Dumbarnie Links Nature Reserve loop from Lower Largo

19.8km

05:07

110m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Leven Beach – Statue of Alexander Selkirk loop from Leven

11.1km

02:50

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Alan

February 10, 2019

Statue of Alexander Selkirk outside his birthplace. Selkirk was cast adrift on an desert island for years and was the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's story some 10 years after his rescue.

JakobusPilger

June 11, 2024

In the ARD series "Classics of World Literature", Tilman Spengler pays tribute to famous writers in one of his film contributions - each lasting a quarter of an hour - and introduces the culturally interested viewer to their literary work. One episode of the series deals with
DANIEL DEFOE (1660 to 1731)
and the character he invented, ROBINSON CRUSOE, whose name will be far more familiar to many people than that of his literary creator. This monument is dedicated to Alexander Selkirk, the person whose real life fate inspired Defoe to create Crusoe.
This article (in German) can be found in the ARD media library under the following link:
ardmediathek.de/video/klassiker-der-weltliteratur/daniel-defoe-adventures-of-robinson-crusoe/ard-alpha/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvL2Q0MzYwOGY0LTdkNTUtNDlmMC05OGUyLTgwMWQ0Njg1NmU2Yg

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Andrew

May 6, 2022

Easy to find and spot on the road down to Largo beach. Walking from the beach to the statue takes a couple of minutes.

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Statue of Alexander Selkirk

1. Statue of Alexander Selkirk – Dumbarnie Links Nature Reserve loop from Elie and Earlsferry

2. Statue of Alexander Selkirk – Dumbarnie Links Nature Reserve loop from Lower Largo

3. Leven Beach – Statue of Alexander Selkirk loop from Leven

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