en Howe of Fife

56°17′N 3°07′W / 56.29°N 3.12°W / 56.29; -3.12

The Howe of Fife is the broad, low-lying valley of the River Eden, lying between the Ochil Hills and the Lomond Hills in Fife, Scotland.^[1] Howe, in Scots means a hollow or a plain bounded by hills.^[2]^[3] The alternative terms Laich of Fife and the Valley of Eden have fallen from use, as has Stratheden, save for the hospital near Cupar.^[3]

Cupar-based Howe of Fife RFC take their name from the area.

References

^ Taylor, Simon; Gilbert Markus (2012). The Place-Names of Fife, Volume Five. Shaun Tyas. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-907730-08-5.
^ "Dictionary of the Scots Language:: SND :: howe n adj1".
^ ^a ^b "Fife Place-name Data :: The Howe Of Fife". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.

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[1] Taylor, Simon; Gilbert Markus (2012). The Place-Names of Fife, Volume Five. Shaun Tyas. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-907730-08-5.

[2] "Dictionary of the Scots Language:: SND :: howe n adj1".

[auto-3] "Fife Place-name Data :: The Howe Of Fife". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.

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