Exploring the remarkable landscape of the former St. Ninian's Open-Cast coal mine in Fife, Scotland. Find out about the history of this area, it's connections with Sir Sean Connery and the Scottish village that was abandoned and then destroyed by the St Ninian's Open-Cast coal mine. Learn about coal mining in Scotland and it's effect on the landscape, and how this once eye sore has now been transformed into a wonderful grassland walking parkland with nature to discover. Within easy access from Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland, this is a wonderful destination for a great day out where you can enjoy hiking, cycling or relaxing. Support me on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/TravellingTourist Share a coffee : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TravelTourist #travel #touristattraction #tourism #touristplace #touristspot #travelvlog #holidaysineurope #holidays #scotland #scotlandtourism #scottish #scottishhistory #jamesbond #seanconnery #fife https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fife-stirling/st-ninians-loch-fitty.shtml https://sobt.co.uk/walk-st-ninians-fife/ Fife Council Buses STOP CODE: 34325858 Just north of Dunfermline in the heart of Scotland there is an unusual public parkland that is a wonderful place to explore. Hidden here is a story of a lost village, a connection with James Bond, and a mine that consumed it all. Today this peaceful landscape full of wildlife and great walking paths, hides a very different past. This is the sight of the once unmissable Saint Ninian’s open-cast coal mine. Evidence of coal workings remains scared across the landscape and coal can still be easily found across the surface to this day. It was as far back as 1859 that coal mining began here. Workers were provided with a number of houses nearby, becoming known as Old Rows. As mining activity increased, this row of houses was joined by two more, and together they formed a new village. It was given the name Lasodee and continued to grow in size, with a school, a church, a post office and even a brass band, and football team. As a young boy, Sean Connery is known to have gone to Lassodie often to visit his grandparents Neil and Helen McLean. Sir Sean was son to Joseph Connery and Effie McLean and Effie’s brother Neil Mathieson was one of four people from Lassodie killed in the Second World War. His name is inscribed on the Lassodie War Memorial which you can find close to the car park. More on that later. The original mining activity was in decline though, and in the 1920s and 1930s, strikes and rising costs increased the decline. By 1931, constant flooding of the mines forced their closure. Without employment in the town, residents began to move out, until the village fell into ruin. Yet in the 1960s, mining returned to the area when open cast coal mining began. This dramatically changed the landscape, and consumed all trace of the ruins of Lassodie. Mining continued here till late 1990s and since then, work has continued here to landscape the entire area and transform it into the wildlife rich parkland that’s free to visit. The site offers a number of unusual features. Here we see a causeway of hewn rocks, with one solitary stone engraved with Danzig and Gdańsk. Why? Don’t know! Perhaps a reminder of the strong trade connections with the Polish city? And close by, another stone engraved with a French proverb that translates as “Proud like a Scot”. Perhaps a reference to the old alliance between Scotland and France? Don’t know! We had a great time exploring this area and enjoying the wildlife and unusual landscape. If you’re interested in visiting too this is a short drive from the M90 motorway junction 4 and there’s a small car park near by. You can also get here by bus. You get off at Lochfitty Memorial that we mentioned earlier. But, check the bus times, they don’t run that often! Images by drobotdean on Freepik ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFmllvAYcKo

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