PITTENWEEM, a royal and parliamentary burgh and seaport of Scotland, in the county of Fife, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, about a mile W. of Anstruther, and 24 N.N.E. of Edinburgh. It is an old town, and con-
Pitts sists of two main streets, with others crossing them. There are here a town-hall, with a small prison, an ancient parish church, a United Presbyterian and an Episcopal church. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in fishing and curing fish. Pittenweem unites with East and West Anstruther, Crail, Cupar-Fife, Kirlenny, and St Andrews in returning a member to the House of Commons. Pop. (1851), of the parish, 1473; of the parliamentary burgh, 1450.