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Royal Burgh of Kirkcaldy Map from 1824 displaying the length of "the lang toun" Kirkcaldy (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Chaladinn) is a former royal burgh and town. Known as one of Scotland's "most ancient burghs", the area surrounding the modern town has a history dating as far back as between 2500 BC and 500 BC as a possible funerary landscape.
Kirkcaldy (/ k ɜːr ˈ k ɔː d i / ⓘ kur-KAW-dee; Scots: Kirkcaldy; Scottish Gaelic: Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (19 kilometres) north of Edinburgh and 27 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (44 km) south-southwest of Dundee .
Upload another image See more images Dysart, 2-14 (Even Nos) Fitzroy Street And High Street 56°07′31″N 3°07′21″W / 56.1254°N 3.122389°W / 56.1254; -3.122389 (Dysart, 2-14 (Even Nos) Fitzroy Street And High Street) Category C(S) 45505 Upload Photo Dysart, 41-55 (Odd Nos) Normand Road, Berwick Place And 34-46 (Even Nos) Alexander Street 56°07′46″N 3°07′20″W ...
Kirkcaldy and Dysart is a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth, containing the towns of Kirkcaldy and Dysart and their hinterland. The civil parish was formed in December 1901 by an amalgamation of the parishes of Kirkcaldy, Dysart and Abbotshall, along with the portion of the parish of Kinghorn which ...
Kirkcaldy (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain, Scots: Dunfaurlin) was a local government district in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. The district was named after the town of Kirkcaldy but also covered a wider area, including the Fife regional capital of Glenrothes .
James Townsend Oswald (23 February 1748 – 3 January 1814) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1779.. Dunnikier House. Oswald was the son of James Oswald, a politician of Kirkcaldy. [1]
Ravenscraig Castle is a ruined castle located in Kirkcaldy which dates from around 1460. The castle is an early example of artillery defence in Scotland. The castle is an early example of artillery defence in Scotland.
Pathhead was an independent village before it was incorporated into the Royal burgh of Kirkcaldy. In Jan Blaeu's map of Scotland from the 17th century reference is made to the village of Peth-heed, present day Pathhead. With the Firth of Forth to the south, Kirkcaldy to the 'west', Dysart to the east, and Gallatown, Sinclairtown and Dunnikier ...