After serendipitously discovering a lot of heritage information about the abandoned former village of Binnend, on The Binn outside Burntisland in Fife, I spent much of Sunday afternoon exploring the area.
It was smaller than I expected from the maps – about 30x30m or so – and very overgrown. The central region is a mix of thick gorse and fallen boulders, so not really accessible by foot. Use of the drone was hampered by several factors: being immediately adjacent to the Alcan landfill waste processing site, still an active commercial operation; by being a few hundred yards away from Craigkelly transmitter which caused significant radio interference (warnings in the DJI Go app and actual loss of video signal above a few meters’ altitude), so I did not get the fly-over video I’d intended.
Still. Herewith, a few still photos instead:
Approaching Binnend:
I have a suspicion there might have been more to this gate previously.
Within Binnend itself:
The village of Binnend was located up The Binn, just outsdie Burntisland, providing residence for workers at the local shale oil extraction plant.
Its last occupant left in 1954; now all that remains are a few fragments of walls and stones in an area barely 30m*30m overgrown with brambles and grass.
The village of Binnend was located up The Binn, just outsdie Burntisland, providing residence for workers at the local shale oil extraction plant.
Its last occupant left in 1954; now all that remains are a few fragments of walls and stones in an area barely 30m*30m overgrown with brambles and grass.
Above Binnend:
Just outside Burntisland on the Fife coast is Binnend, the remains of an abandoned village on The Binn.
On investigations there is a lot of information available through Burntisland heritage organizations concerning the use of the site as accommodation for workers at a shale extraction plant nearby, and latterly during the Second World War.
I was surprised at how small the site was, and found it so overgrown as to be virtually inaccessible by drone so settled for a couple of aerial views from a few feet up.
Just outside Burntisland on the Fife coast is Binnend, the remains of an abandoned village on The Binn.
On investigations there is a lot of information available through Burntisland heritage organizations concerning the use of the site as accommodation for workers at a shale extraction plant nearby, and latterly during the Second World War.
I was surprised at how small the site was, and found it so overgrown as to be virtually inaccessible by drone so settled for a couple of aerial views from a few feet up.
