Saline
| Saline | |
| Fife | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT022924 |
| Location: | 56°6’54"N, 3°34’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,188 (2001) |
| Post town: | Dunfermline |
| Postcode: | KY12 |
| Dialling code: | 01383 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Fife |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dunfermline & West Fife |
Saline is a village and parish in western Fife adjacent to the borders with Clackmannanshire and Perthshire. It is bounded by Dunfermline to the east; by Carnock to the south; by Culross (in Perthshire detached) to the south-west; by the Clackmannanshire parish of Clackmannan to the west and by the Perthshire parishes of Fossoway and Cleish to the north. The village is situated five miles to the north-west of Dunfermline. It lies in an elevated position on the western slopes of the Cleish Hills.
At the 2001 Census the population was 1,188, a decline from the 1,235 recorded in the 1991 Census. The village has a primary school, a parish church and a golf course. The glen runs from the bottom of the main street through to neighbouring Steelend.
Formerly a weaving centre, Saline was not much redeveloped during the 19th and 20th centuries as the expansion of industrial mining in west Fife largely passed it by. As a result, Saline contains a sizable number of listed buildings, mostly 18th century weavers' cottages.
The village is dominated to the east-north-east by Saline Hill, 1,177 feet AOD, with a hill fort on the eastern summit. The smaller hill to the south of east at Bandrum has a standing stone on the peak.
Famous Residents
Thomas Bonnar (1821-1862) the Edinburgh architect was born here.[1]
References
- ↑ Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Bonnar
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Saline) |
