Human settlement in Scotland
Hill of Beath
Hill of Beath is a village in Fife, Scotland, just outside Dunfermline and joined to Cowdenbeath.
The village is named for the nearby hill of the same name.
How locals move
Getting around Hill of Beath the local way
- Get inFrom 1847 to 1890 the world's first ro-ro ferry plied across the Forth between Burntisland and Granton near Edinburgh: railway trucks were shunted on and off the ferry without needing unloading, while passengers walked.
- Get inDr Bell of Edinburgh, one of the main inspirations for Sherlock Holmes, once theatrically deduced that a patient had come by this ferry by the nature of the mud on his boots.
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