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Pitcoudie

Pitcoudie is a housing area in North Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. The area comprises 396 terraced and semi-detached houses. Traditionally, a pitcoudie was a donkey, mule or work-horse which ferried coal and slag from the coal mines – spending most of its life underground. The area of Pitcoudie today exists on what was once an extensive range of mining-shafts and pits.

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Pitcoudie is a housing area in North Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland.1 The area comprises 396 terraced and semi-detached houses. Traditionally, a pitcoudie was a donkey, mule or work-horse which ferried coal and slag from the coal mines – spending most of its life underground. The area of Pitcoudie today exists on what was once an extensive range of mining-shafts and pits.

Education

There is also a primary school in the area.2 Along with Pitteuchar West primary school in the south of Glenrothes, it is one of just two primary schools in Glenrothes to be open-planned.

References

References

  1. "Pitcoudie from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  2. "Pitcoudie Primary School". Fife Council. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

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