Auchtermuchty

AUCHTERMUCHTY (Gaelic. - the high ground of the wild sow "), a royal and police burgh of Fifcshirc. Scotland, built on an elevation about q m. W. by S. of Cupar, with a station on a branch of the North British railway from Ladyhank to Mawcane Junction. Pop. 1387. The rapid Loverspool Burn divides the town. The principal industries include the weaving of linen and damasks, bleaching, distilling and malting. John Glas, founder of the sect known as Glassitcs or Sandcmanians, was a native of the town. A mile and a half to the south-west is the village of Strathmiglo (pop. 966), on the river Eden, with a linen factory1 and bleaching works.