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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 685313

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/685313

NO20SE 47 centred 2969 0150

Markinch was erected a burgh of barony (Law of Brunton), 5 September 1673.

G S Pryde 1965.

A small town which was made a burgh of barony in 1673 and a police burgh in 1892. It now struggles to preserve its independence from Glenrothes New Town.

J Gifford 1988.

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