Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cairncubie

Cairncubie, copious springs in Dunfermline parish, Fife, on the town-moor, about 1½ mile NE of Dunfermline town. They supply Dunfermline with water, and were first connected with the town by pipes about 1797.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "copious springs"   (ADL Feature Type: "springs (hydrographic)")
Administrative units: Dunfermline ScoP       Fife ScoCnty

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