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Human settlement in Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auchterderran (Fife, Scotland.[1][2] It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran.
) is a village in
Auchterderran
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![]() Mining Memorial, Auchterderran | |
Location within Fife | |
OS grid reference | NT2195 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LOCHGELLY |
Dialling code | 01592 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, although the first element, urchan, is obsolete in modern Gaelic and obscure. The second element, deòradh, means "a person charged with the safe-keeping of a saintly relic".[3]
A church existed here since Pre-Reformation times. The current church dates from 1789 and was extended in 1891.[4]
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