The original inhabitants were engaged in working coal and limestone. Conservation Areas were established in 1974 and 1984. A late 18th-century mining and weaving village in S central Fife, situated between the Ore and Leven rivers to the east of Glenrothes and south of Markinch. The village has a primary school and a Miners' Institute. To the north-east is Balgonie Castle.
Limestone is quarried nearby.
A former mining village to the north of the coastal town of West Wemyss. Originally divided into Easter and Wester settlements, the villages grew together during the 1860s when the Wemyss Coal Company created a 'model' mining village for workers at the nearby Bell pit. The semi-detached miners' cottages now form part of a conservation area designated in 1980. The village has a primary school. It is 9 miles from north to south and 2 miles in breadth.