Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mount, The

Mount, The, Monimail par., Fife, on S. side of Mount Hill, 3½ miles NW. of Cupar; was the residence of Sir David Lindsay (1490-1555), the poet; the top of Mount Hill (600 ft.) is crowned by a monument 92 ft. high, erected to the Earl of Hopetoun (17G6-1823) of Peninsular fame.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Administrative units: Monimail ScoP       Fife ScoCnty
Place names: MOUNT     |     MOUNT THE     |     THE MOUNT

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