Kelty is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1333°, -3.3833°.

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Kelty

Also known as: Cailtidh

Kelty in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Cocklaw Street, Kelty - geograph.org.uk - 1298831 — Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Kelty is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Kelty (Scottish Gaelic: Cailtidh) is a former coal mining town located in Fife, Scotland. Lying in the heart of the old mining heartlands of Fife and adjacent to the M90 motorway, it is situated on the Fife/Kinross-shire boundary and has a population of around 6,000 residents. This was nearer to 9,000 when the coal mining industry was still operational in late 1970s and early 1980s.

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History

The origin of the name of the town is somewhat obscure. It could come from the Scottish Gaelic coillte or coilltean meaning 'wood' or 'woodland' or it could come from the Gaelic cailtidh, a reduced form of the early Gaelic *caleto-dubron, meaning 'hard water'. In either case, it was probably originally a Pictish name that was later adapted to Gaelic. The town began around 1850 as a mining village linked to several coal mines in the area, mainly owned by the Fife Coal Company and continued to expand with the increase of mines until 1930. The vast majority of the settlements within the town were built within the mid-20th century, with expansions continuing into the 21st century; a…

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