Situated
on the A91, the main Stirling to St. Andrews road,
Milnathort is an attractively maintained small town with a long
history. It
was developed as a market town and as a community of wool and linen
weavers; flax was widely grown in the County until the 1st World War,
and in 1880 there were 129 weavers in the Parish of Orwell which includes
Milnathort.
The now ruined
Burleigh Castle, built in the 15th century stands just outside
the town on the A911 and a little further along the same road can
be seen the
Standing Stones of Orwell, two large whinstones which stand proudly
in a field at the side of the road.
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The now ruined