Lathones

Lathones (/lə'θonz/) is a village in Fife, Scotland, located approximately 6 miles (10 km) south west of St Andrews, in the parish of Cameron in the Riggin o Fife. The place-name Lathones if first attested abtween 1452 and 1480 as Lathone. The etymology is uncertain but thought to be from Scottish Gaelic leth ('half, side') and tòn ('backside, arse'). If so, the name was once leth thòine ('the half of the rounded hill'). Lathones was formerly a mining village.

Lathones

Lathones (/lə'θonz/) is a village in Fife, Scotland, located approximately 6 miles (10 km) south west of St Andrews, in the parish of Cameron in the Riggin o Fife. The place-name Lathones if first attested abtween 1452 and 1480 as Lathone. The etymology is uncertain but thought to be from Scottish Gaelic leth ('half, side') and tòn ('backside, arse'). If so, the name was once leth thòine ('the half of the rounded hill'). Lathones was formerly a mining village.