CLAIRTOWN-ST, a village, in the parish of DySART,
county of Fife, ~ a mile (N. N. E.) from Kirkcaldy;
containing 151 1 inhabitants. This village is part of that
of Pathhead, of which it forms the more modern portion,
being separated only by the great road to Dundee. It is
built upon the estate of St. Clair, or Sinclair, the property
of the Earl of Rosslyn, extending in one continued line
for about a mile northwards. The inhabitants are chiefly
weavers. Great facility of intercourse is afforded by the
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee railway. See Pathhead.