Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fordel

Fordel, mining vil., Dalgetty par., Fifeshire, ¾ mile SE. of Crossgates sta., pop. (including Wemyss Square, Aberdour par.) 488; in vicinity are coal mines, which have been worked since 1600; 2 miles NE. of Inverkeithing is Fordel Castle, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "mining village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dalgety ScoP       Fife ScoCnty

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