The 76 acre Pittencrieff Park lies within the Royal Burgh of Dunfermline, in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland.   Known locally as Pittencrieff Glen, the park was formerly the privately owned Pittencrieff Estate.

Dunfermline is the ancient capital of Scotland, 

and burial place of several Scottish monarchs including King Robert the Bruce.

 

The Royal Burgh of Dunfermline is steeped in history, 

and boasts a Benedictine Abbey dating back to the 12th. Century. 

 

Dunfermline is also the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, 

                                                            the industrialist and philanthropist.

As a child growing up in Dunfermline, Andrew Carnegie was forbidden from playing in the grounds of the Pittencrieff Estate by the Laird.   After becoming a successful industrialist and philanthropist, in 1902, Andrew Carnegie bought the house and estate, and donated the whole property to the town as a public park where all the children could play. Today, Pittencrieff Glen is a beautifully landscaped park and contains a statue of Andrew Carnegie.   

                     For further information on: 

                                -  Dunfermline and Pittencrieff Glen, click on:

                                         http://come.2dunfermline.co.uk

                                            or

                                         http://www.fifeweb.freeserve.co.uk/dunferm/dunferm.html

 

 

                                -  The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, click on:

                                         http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/fife/carnegie