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"We wanted to diversify and not be too dependent on oil and gas," says John Robertson, chief executive of Burntisland.
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Burntisland and the northern hills; I think I can hear it howl in the chimney, and as I set my face northwards, feel its smarting kisses on my cheek.
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On a dark March night of 1286, King Alexander rode along the rough cliff path between Burntisland and Kinghorn on a horse that stumbled in the darkness, and in the morning, on the rocks far down below, the grey waves lapped against the ashen dead face of a mighty king.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Burntisland, -- pronounced Burnt Island -- a fact that none of us knew previously.
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He afterwards lived several years in Galloway, and has latterly fixed his abode at Greenmount, near Burntisland.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Sometimes they would walk along a lane by the beach to Burntisland.
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
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* Kinghorn was a seaport of Fife, a few miles east of Burntisland. was neat clean and commodious.
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As there was a ferry from Leith, it is quite probable that Miss Schaw and her party drove to Leith in carriages and there boarded the ferryboat for Burntisland.
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The seaport has an excellent harbour and was a favorite anchorage for vessels entering or leaving the firth, but the fact that the owner of the vessel lived at Burntisland may furnish an additional reason for the place of departure.
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Some of the Scottish regiments serving in the Revolutionary War sailed from this port, and as early as 1627 we meet with a vessel called the Blessing of Burntisland.
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