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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 62 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland, 51 m. S.W. of See also:Cupar by the See also:North See also:British railway, a m. from the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Eden. Pop. (1901) 1340. Besides having a station on the See also:main See also:line to See also:Dundee, it is also connected with See also:Perth and Kinross and is a railway junction of some importance and possesses a See also:locomotive See also:depot. It is an See also:industrial centre, See also:linen See also:weaving, See also:coal See also:mining and malting being the See also:principal See also:industries. See also:KETTLE, a See also:village 1 m. S., has prehistoric barrows and a fort. At COLLESSIE, 21 M. N. by W., a See also:standing See also:stone, a See also:mound and traces of See also:ancient camps exist, while urns and coins have been found. Between the parishes of Collessie and Monimail the boundary line takes the See also:form of a See also:crescent known as the See also:Bow of See also:Fife. MONIMAIL contains the See also:Mount, the See also:residence of See also:Sir See also:David See also:Lindsay the poet (1490--1555).

Its lofty site is now marked by a See also:

clump of trees. Here, too, is the Doric See also:pillar, See also:loo ft. high, raised to the memory of See also:John See also:Hope, 4th See also:earl of Hopetoun. See also:Melville See also:House, the seat of the earls of See also:Leven, lies amidst beautiful See also:woods.

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