CAIRNEY-HILL, a village, in the parish of Carnock,
district of Dunfermline, county of Fife, 3
miles (W. S. W.) from Dunfermline; containing 516 inhabitants.
This village, which is pleasantly situated
on the banks of the burn of Pitdennies, consists of
one long street of neat houses, on the road leading from
Dunfermline to Alloa. It is inhabited chiefly by persons
employed in the manufacture of table-linen, and
of table-covers, for the wholesale houses at Dunfermline,
which is carried on by hand-loom weaving at their
own dwellings; a considerable number are also engaged
in the adjacent collieries. A library has been established
many years, and is supported by subscription.
There is a place of worship for the United Presbyterian
Synod.