Househunters are being given the chance to snap up the Fife birthplace of the real-life Robinson Crusoe.
A three-bedroom flat in Main Street, Lower Largo, built on the site where Alexander Selkirk was born, is on the market for offers of more than £150,000.
The property was built where Selkirk’s thatched cottage once stood. It includes a statue and plaque commemorating its historic links.
Believed to be the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe, Selkirk was marooned as a castaway on an island off the coast of Chile for more than four years.
Tracy Ramsay, a property negotiator for Murray Donald Solicitors, said: “It’s a very good price and it’s lovely inside as well.
“Our client bought it three years ago and extended into the attic. And there’s a lot of history attached to the property.
“I would probably say somebody would be looking to buy it to rent out as a holiday home.
“It’s being used as a holiday home just now. But it would also make a fantastic home, perhaps a retirement home. It’s a stone’s throw from the beach.”
There has already been interest.
“We’ve got quite a few viewers booked for the weekend. It’s been quite busy,” Ms Ramsay said.
Selkirk was born in Lower Largo in 1676 and went on to be master of a galley commissioned for a privateering voyage in 1702.
However, during a stopover at the Juan Fernndez Islands, he correctly predicted his ship the Cinque Ports was not seaworthy and decided to stay.
Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719. In the famous book, the title character survives alone until he meets up with Man Friday, another inhabitant of the island he is stranded on.
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