Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dalgetty

Dalgetty, coast par., SW. Fifeshire, 5 miles SE. of Dunfermline, 3340 ac., pop. 1321; has coal of superior quality, sandstone, and limestone; the ruins of the old church of Dalgetty (12th century) stand ½ mile S. of modern church, on Dalgetty Bay.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dalgety ScoP       Fife ScoCnty
Place: Dalgety

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