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AUCHTERMUCHTY (Gaelic, " the high ground of the See also:wild sow ") , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland, built on an See also:elevation about 9 m. W. by S. of See also:Cupar, with a station on a See also:branch of the See also:North See also:British railway from See also:Ladybank to Mawcarse Junction. Pop. 1387. The rapid Loverspool See also:Burn divides the See also:town. The See also:principal See also:industries include the See also:weaving of See also:linen and damasks, See also:bleaching, distilling and malting. See also:John See also:Glas, founder of the See also:sect known as Glassites or Sandemanians, was a native of the town. A mile and a See also:half to the See also:south-See also:west is the See also:village of Strathmiglo (pop. 966), on the See also:river See also:Eden, with a linen factory and bleaching See also:works.

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