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ABERDOUR, village and parish on north coast of Firth of Forth, Fife. The village fandl on a fine sheltered bay, 2i miles west-by-south of Burntisland ; consists of three parts, Wester Aberdour, Easter Aberdour, and Newton ; was anciently a royal landing-place for Dunfermlme ; contains the site of an ancient nunnery and finely situated ruins of an ancient castle ; is now a favourite summer resort for rustication and sea-bathing; maintains direct steamboat communication with Leith ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Burntisland, an Established church, a Free church, and a public school with about 166 scholars. Pop. 610. The parish contains also Donibristle colliery and Wemyss Square villages, and includes Inchcolm Island. Acres, 5974. Real property in 1880-81, 12,500.. Pop. 1736. The coast is intricate, diversified, and picturesque, and commands charming views. The land thence, to a hill-ridge through the centre, is mostly fertile and beautiful, and the tract on the north is mostly bleak hill. Aberdour Castle is a seat of Baron Aberdour, the Earl of Morton, and there are 4 other mansions. A public school is at Donibristle.
