Burntisland

Burntisland is a town in the Scottish unitary authority Fife. It lies about 7 km south-southwest of Kirkcaldy and 14 km east of Dunfermline on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. On the opposite shore in about seven kilometers away is Edinburgh. In 2001, Burntisland recorded 5677 inhabitants.

History

Supposedly already used by the Romans under Agricola around the year 83 the natural port of Burntisland as a base. In the 12th century a fortress and a church were built near the harbor. James V. appointed the city to the Royal Burgh and built the harbor for military purposes and as a trading port. First, fish, and later turned over charcoal. Between 1786 and 1927, was fired in the nationally significant distillery The Grange in Burntisland whiskey. At the end of the First World War, an aluminum smelter, and shipyards settled in Burntisland.

Traffic

Burntisland is situated a few kilometers south of the coastal highway A9, which connects Edinburgh with Aberdeen, and about ten kilometers east of the M90 from Dunfermline to Perth, which crosses the A90 the Firth of Forth. In 1850 the first railway ferry in the world of Granton ( now part of Edinburgh) was installed after Burntisland. The train station of Burntisland is today served by the First ScotRail on the Fife Circle Line.

Port facilities

Annual fair