This cache is a nano placed on the section of path between Burntisland and Aberdour.
The cache is easily accessible and you do not need to leave the path. Parking is available in the town or nearby street parking.
This area was the site of the Aluminium/Chemical works from 1917 - 2002.
Bauxite was transported to the town in ships which anchored in the Forth, unloaded into barges and brought into the town's dock. From here the bauxite was transferred to the works. As you can imagine the red bauxite dust was pretty evident in the town.
Plug the coordinates into Google Maps (other satellite photograph viewing sites are available!) and the satellite photograph still shows the old works.
The plant was closed, dismantled and shipped off to Russia.
I’m not sure how many houses make up the development but there are a fair few.
Are these housing developments right?
I’m not sure - can’t see how all these houses can be built and no additional amenities added to the development. It’s that bad now Burntisland Primary School is bursting at the seams and a new school is having to be built - but that is another story and the proposed location of the school has caused much debate (a polite word for arguments) in the town.