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Howe of Fife

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. Howe, in Scots means a hollow or a plain bounded by hills. The alternative terms Laich of Fife and the Valley of Eden have fallen from use, as has Stratheden, save for the hospital near Cupar.

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

The Lomonds seen from Auchtermuchty in the Howe of Fife source ↗

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.23 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.

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