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NEWBURGH
, a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop
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(1901) 1904
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It is situated on the See also:Firth of See also:Tay, 7 M
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N.W. of Ladyhank Junction by the See also:North See also:British Railway
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Its See also:industries chiefly consist of the making of See also:linen and See also:floorcloth, malting and See also:quarrying, and there are See also:fisheries, especially of See also:salmon
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The See also:harbour is used for the transhipment of the cargoes of See also:Perth-See also:bound vessels of over 200 tons
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On high ground, about r m
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S.W., stand the remains (only the See also:pedestal) of See also:Macduff's See also:Cross, which marks the spot where the See also:clan Macduff—in return for the See also:chief's services against See also:Macbeth—was granted rights of See also:sanctuary and See also:composition for See also:murder done in hot See also:blood
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Denmyln See also:castle, about 1z m
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S.E. of Newburgh, was the See also:home for more than 250 years of the See also:Balfour See also:family, of which the two See also:brothers, See also:Sir See also:
N. of the See also:village of Lindores
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Of the See also:Benedictine abbey, founded in 1178 by See also:David, See also:earl of See also:Hunting-See also:don, See also:brother of See also: |
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