Dunfermline
a town in Fife, Scotland, 16 miles N. W. of Edinburgh; on a long swelling ridge, 3 miles from and 300 feet above the Forth, and backed by the Cleish Hills (1,240 feet), presents a striking aspect from the S. It is a place of antiquity, from 1057 till 1650 a frequent residence of Scotland's kings, and for more than two centuries their place of sepulture. It was here that Charles II. signed the Covenant in 1650.
In 1911 the boundaries of the burgh were extended to the Firth of Forth. Considerable trade is done in linen manufactured here. Pop. about 28,000.