At the westerly end of Inverkeithing Bay lies the old

port of Inverkeithing, which according to some sources lays claim to it's origins being associated with Agricola and the Roman Empires moves into northern Scotland in AD83. Inverkeithing has a number of notable historical monuments and buildings and was a major port in the exportation of coal from the Fife Coalfields.
During the late 1800's the port became well known for shipbuilding. Later however it became even better known for shipbreaking. Invekeithing Bay has seen many famous ships sail into the breakers yards at Inverkeithing to end their days at sea. The most notable of these being HMS Dreadnought (1921), RMS Homeric and RMS Olympic sister ships to RMS Titanic plus countless other naval and civilian vessels. File 2726