PITCUR-FORD-of, a hamlet, in the parish of Kettins,
county of Forfar, 2^ miles (S. E.) from Cupar-
Angus; containing 45 inhabitants. It is situated in
the southern part of the parish, on the road from
Cupar-Angus to Dundee, and is one of six villages or
hamlets within the limits of Kettins which formerly had
each a chapel: it is now a very small place. The castle
of Pitcur, not far from the hamlet, and which has been
some time in ruins, gave the title of baron, now extinct,
to the ancient and noble family of Hallyburton,
the chief of that name. A tumulus here, found about
half a century since, contained at least a thousand loads
of stones: in the centre of it were some unwrought
stones, without date or character; in the hollow formed
by which, human bones were deposited. Hallyburton,
a laird of Pitcur, fell at the battle of Killiecrankie in
1689.