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known locally) remains an outstanding visitor attraction for residents of
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from its then-owner, Colonel James
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Friends of Pittencrieff Park is a registered charity and a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) which has been in existence sine 2004. One of their most important functions is to liaise with Fife Council and the Carnegie Trust to ensure Pittencrieff Park (or the Glen as it is
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and extended the simple laird's house with two stories and an attic around 1635. Two of the bedrooms were converted to create two long galleries for museum and art exhibition space in a restoration programme undertaken by Sir Robert
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which was built in 1914 and a dovecot, in the style of a round tower from around 1770. The main gates to the park known as the Louise
Carnegie Gates which opened in 1928 are located to the north-east.
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who grew up in the
Dunfermline area and who died in 2001 was unveiled at the park. It was paid for by fans and is inscribed with some of his lyrics chosen by fans in an online poll.
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