OLD KIRKTON CHURCH, BURNTISLAND

Motion Text

That this House congratulates Burntisland's Old Kirkton Church Community Conservation and Heritage Promotion Project in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency on its recent award of £90,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund; recognises that this funding will support the repair and conservation of a deteriorating twelfth-century Scheduled Monument with a view to long-term, sustainable use as a visitor attraction; notes that this process will offer opportunities for community engagement and will transform the site, leading to wider improvements in the area of Burntisland; acknowledges that the development of the site will involve the participation of local primary schools, providing a wealth of new skills to the children involved; and further recognises that the development of the site will have many long-term benefits for the Burntisland community and beyond, which present and future generations will be able to enjoy.