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Kirkcaldy ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Cathair Chaladinn)) is a former royal burgh and town. Known as one of Scotland's ''"most ancient burghs"'', the area surrounding the modern town has a long history dating as far back between 2500 BC and 500 BC as a possible funerary landscape. The town began as a burgh under the control of Dunfermline Abbey. A harbour built around the east burn gradually led to the growth of the town surrounding the harbour itself, main street and Tiel burn following the demand of trade with the Baltic. Early industries which soon prospered included the production of textiles, nailmaking and salt panning. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries proved to be the most famous period for the town which saw the introduction of linoleum. Originally developed in the town as floorcloth, this was quickly dominated by the Michael Nairn & Co but did not become popular across a worldwide scale until the beginning of the 20th century. ==Origin and Name== The name Kirkcaldy means "place of the hard fort", or "place of Caled's fort". It is derived from the Pictish ''caer'' meaning "fort", ''caled'', which is Pictish "hard" or a personal name ''Caled'', and ''–in'', a suffix meaning "place of". ''Caled'' may describe the fort itself or be an epithet for a local "hard" ruler. An interpretation of the last element as ''din'' (again "fort" but this time from Gaelic) rather than ''–in'' is incorrect.〔 The Old Statistical Account states a derivation from culdee, which has been repeated in later publications〔Torrie and Coleman 1995, p.12.〕〔Civic Society ''Kirkcaldy: A History and Celebration'', p.10.〕 but is also incorrect.〔 The earliest written form of the name, from the Charters of David I in 1128, is as the shire of ''Kircalethyn''; with subsequent forms including ''Kircaldin'', ''Kirkaladinit'', ''Kerkalethin''; and the earliest close approximation to the current name, as ''Kircaldy'', appearing in 1250.〔 Kirkcaldy has long been nicknamed the "''Lang Toun''" (Scots for "long town") in reference to the (0.9 meters later 4 meters) main street of the early town, depicted so on maps as early as the 16th and 17th centuries.〔Torrie and Coleman 1995, p.15.〕〔Pride 1999, p.52.〕 The area surrounding the modern town may have been used as a funerary landscape, with discovery of eleven Bronze Age cist burials overlooking the leaning sandy bay as early as 2500 BC and 500 BC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Kirkcaldy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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