Dunfermline

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For over 600 years Dunfermline was the capital of Scotland. Seven of Scotland's kings are buried here.
Malcolm III built a palace here in 1070. He brought his bride Margaret, a Saxon princess to be married here. She had a strong influence on Scotland changing and reforming large parts of the Scottish way of life. Most importantly replacing the old Celtic church with the roman version.
At the place of her marriage she founded an abbey - Dunfermline Abbey. This fine building has many fine features and the original foundations from Margarets abbey can still be seen.
The town was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1624 and many ancient buildings were lost at that time. In the 18th century the town became prosperous through textiles and in the 19th century weavers in the town were producing the fine linen that Dunfermline became noted for.
The millionare american philanthopist Andrew Carnegie was born here and the town's Pittecrieff Park was gifted by him.
Located on the A907, 17 miles north west from Edinburgh.