Mourn House, Auchtertool
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Mourn House, Auchtertool
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 13 Jul 2022
An isolated farm dating at least back to the 1850s. The ruins on the ridge are of Mourn House Image It is present on GB1900 mapping, but there is no Canmore entry. An entry in Scotland's Places reads :- 'Extensive outoffices and Farm house now occupied by Labouring Men, the property of Mr Boswell of Balmuto' https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/fife-and-kinross-shire-os-name-books-1853-1855/fife-and-kinross-shire-volume-133/33. There is a planning application for five courtyard houses to be built on the site https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/new-homes-planned-for-site-of-ruin-near-fife-town-3754661.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.098111
Longitude
-3.24528