Auchtertool
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Auchtertool (; ) is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic tuil meaning torrent). The Tiel Burn flows a few hundred yards south of the kirk and village, which was formerly known as Milton of Auchtertool.
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- Alba / Scotland
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Auchtertool (; ) is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic tuil meaning torrent). The Tiel Burn flows a few hundred yards south of the kirk and village, which was formerly known as Milton of Auchtertool.
==History== thumb|330px|The present kirk in Auchtertool replaced an earlier building said to date to 1178|left thumb|330px|The village from the east, on the public footpath from Kirkcaldy|left David I gave the lands of Auchtertool to Bishop Gregory of Dunkeld between 1132 and 1153, meaning it formed, alongside neighbouring Aberdour, a detached portion of that diocese which was otherwise entirely surrounded by the diocese of St Andrews. The church was then given over by Dunkeld to the priory of Inchcolm by 1179, when it was described as belonging to that foundation, along with two bovates of land. However, the greater lands of the parish remained with the bishops of Dunkeld, who maintained an episcopal residence in the parish at Hallyards Castle.
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