LINDORES, a village, in the parish of AnniE, district
of Cupar, county of Fife, '^5 miles (E. S. K.) from
Newburgh; containing 95 inhabitants. This place,
which is of great antiquity, most probably arose under
the protection of the Macduffs, thanes of Fife, to whom
the lands originally belonged, and of whose baronial
castle some vestiges remain. The village is of pleasing
and rural appearance, and delightfully situated near the
lake of the same name. This lake is about one mile in
length, and three-quarters of a mile in breadth, its
banks abounding in rich scenery; and in the immediate
neighbourhood is the handsome mansion of Lindores,
the residence of Admiral Maitland, built on a commanding
eminence. The high road from Cupar to Newburgh,
and the Perth section of the Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee railway, both pass near the village. The Grange
of Lindores, of which the population is I66, is also in
Abdie parish. See Abdie, and Newburgh, in which
latter article is a notice of Lindores Abbey.