Fife Place-name Data

Foulcauseway

Foulcauseway CUP S NO368177 1 65m

    Foulcalsay 1593 x 1595 RMS vi no. 323
    Foulcausey 1654 Blaeu (Pont) East Fife
    Casway 1775 Ainslie/Fife
    Foulcauseway 1828 SGF
    Foulcausey 1832 RHP4397
    Foulcauseway 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn

Sc foul + Sc causey

‘Foul or filthy causeway’. The Moonzie Burn cut is very deep here, and the road has been built up c.3–4 metres: no doubt the foundations of the modern road are the foul causeway of the name. It lies on the road from Cupar to Rathillet KLM, referred to as the Cartgait (see Cart Haugh CUP, above).

/fəul ˈkɔ:zwe/, sometimes locally /ful ˈkɔ:zwe/.[149]

This place-name appeared in printed volume 4

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