Fife Place-name Data

Backmoor Of Pitfirrane

Backmoor Of Pitfirrane DFL S NT064885 1 394 110m

Backmoor 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Backmuir 1828 SGF

Sc backmuir + Sc or SSE of + en Pitfirrane

‘Muir or rough pasture lying at the back’. The place appears to be separated from the main lands of Pitfirrane, and this fact may explain the use of back in the name.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 1

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