Travellers dumped human waste from a chemical toilet before fleeing their illegal Glenrothes encampment.
Glenrothes community leader Peter Scobie has called on local people and Fife Council to work together to stop future camps following the unsavoury incident.
Mr Scobie, chairman of Pitteuchar, Stenton and Finglassie Community Council, said that while he was delighted at the speed that a camp in his area was disbanded this week, more must be done to protect residents from future distress.
A group of around a dozen caravans set up base at Foxton Meadows earlier this week, eventually vacating the site on Thursday following court action by Fife Council.
Mr Scobie said more collaboration is required to stop illegal Traveller camps from springing up.
“The residents are delighted at how quickly they’ve been moved on,” he said.
“A lot were starting to think that it could be two or three weeks that this would go on for.
“One thing that I will be raising at our next community council meeting is the possibility of having metal height bars installed over the track.
“That should stop any caravans from getting onto the land.
“Also, there are two big gates on to the grass and we should reduce the size of one of them so that vehicles cannot get through and onto it.
“But we need to work together.”
Mr Scobie was at the Meadows site yesterday examining the debris left behind by the group.
Angry at what he found, he continued: “They’ve been using the area by the boundary fence as a toilet and there is mess all over the place.
“There’s even been some empty gas canisters left behind.”
Glenrothes has experienced years of problems with illegal Gypsy Traveller camps, costing Fife Council thousands of pounds in legal bills and tidy up costs.
Earlier this year an attempt to build a seasonal site in the town was dropped by the local authority following overwhelming public anger at the proposals.
Fife Council say that taking court action costs £202 a time, before the addition of a lawyer’s fee.