The Riggin o Fife is an upland area of Fife,

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which runs eastward from the

Markinch Gap Markinch (, (Scottish Gaelic: Marc Innis) is both a village and a parish in the heart of Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530 (in 2011).Cens ...

and the

Howe of Fife The Howe of Fife is the broad, low-lying valley of the River Eden, lying between the Ochil Hills and the Lomond Hills in Fife, Scotland. ''Howe'', in Scots means a hollow or a plain bounded by hills. The alternative terms ''Laich of Fife'' and ...

to form the elevated hinterland to the coastal villages of the

East Neuk The East Neuk () or East Neuk of Fife is an area of the coast of Fife, Scotland. "Neuk" is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of ...

. At 290 m, Largo Law is the highest hill, with other high points including Clatto Hill (248 m), Drumcarrow Craig (217 m),

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(182 m) and Tarvit Hill (211 m). The area is rural, populated by farms and hamlets, with a few small villages, such as Largoward and

Peat Inn Peat Inn is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland, around southeast of Cupar on the B940 and southwest of St Andrews, in the Riggin o Fife The Riggin o Fife is an upland area of Fife, Scotland which runs eastward from the Markinch Gap and the Howe of ...

. ''Riggin'' denotes a high ridge, the roof, the backbone, the exposed parts or the watershed.

William Wilkie William Wilkie (5 October 1721 – 10 October 1772) was a Scottish Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Natural Philosophy primarily remembered as a poet nicknamed Potato Willie, known more respectfully as the "Scottish Homer". The son ...

, agriculturalist and professor of natural philosophy at the

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, conducted successful experiments in moorland farming at his farm at Cameron. From 1898 to 1964, the Riggin was served by the East Fife Central Railway mineral and goods line. The area lends its name to a

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