Drumtuthill
Drumtuthill DFL R NT073904 1 384 183m
Drumtuthall 1493 Dunf. Recs. {87} [John Johnsone in Drumtuthall]
Drumtvthaill 1500 Dunf. Recs. {103} [John Johnson in Drumtvthaill.]
Drumthuill 1561 Dunf. Reg. p. 436
Drumtuthill 1573 Dunf. Reg. p. 475
Drumtuithill 1598 Dunf. Reg. p. 495 [Drumtuithill and Toungis]
Drumtuhy 1654 Blaeu (Pont) West Fife
Drumtuthill 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
Drumtouchal 1775 Ainslie/Fife
G druim + pn Tuathal
‘Tuathal’s ridge’. W. J. Watson discusses place-names containing Tuathal (1926, 238); for additions and corrections to Watson, see Taylor in Hall et al. 1998, 140.
According to Webster (1938, 308–9) Drumtuthill originally formed part of Easter Luscar (i.e. Luscar-Eviot) and as such had belonged to Dunfermline Abbey since 1244 (Dunf. Reg. 201, 309). See Luscar CNK for more details.
On OS Pathf. it refers to a relief feature or area, since neither of the settlements to which Drumtuthill seems to refer on SGF (1828) has survived. SGF (1828) shows them on the south-east flank of the ridge (druim), which has now been quarried away.
/drʌmˈtʌθəl/, locally /drʌmˈtɪθəl/
This place-name appeared in printed volume 1