COALTOWN-OF-BALGONIE, a village, in the parish of
Markinch, district of Kirkcaldy, county of Fife,
1 mile (S.) from Markinch; containing 415 inhabitants.
This village, which is situated to the west of Balgonie,
consists chiefly of cottages, inhabited by persons employed
in the collieries from which it takes its name, and
in the spinning-mills, bleachfields, and other works in
the vicinity. The Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee railway
passes by.