Major restoration work is ongoing to improve not only the tower but also the grounds and associated visitor facilities. It is 5 miles long by 4 in breadth. The south portion is generally more level, and diversified by soft undulations. The Fife breed of cattle, and the Ayrshire cows for milk, are preferred. Though sheep are not reared, they are largely bought to feed on turnips through the winter.
Potatoes are rather extensively cultivated for the London market, as also for feeding cattle.
Coal has to be brought from Markinch or Dysart. The south half contains freestone, sufficient for local use. The whinstone, though abundant, is with few exceptions unfit for building, as it soon yields to the action of the atmosphere. Weaving of linens is carried on in the parish to the annual value of 'between 2000 and 3000'. Parish church and Free church.