Editing Milnathort (section)

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{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Milnathort
|country = Scotland
|static_image_name = Jolly Beggars, Milnathort - geograph.org.uk - 1654336.jpg
|static_image_caption = The centre of Milnathort in winter
|os_grid_reference = NO120047
|coordinates = {{coord|56.22766|N|3.41449|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(NO124048)|display=inline,title}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->
| population                       = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Milnathort}}
| population_ref                   = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
|unitary_scotland = [[Perth and Kinross]]
|lieutenancy_scotland = [[Perth and Kinross]]
|constituency_westminster = [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]]
|constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Perthshire South and Kinross-shire]]
|post_town = KINROSS
|postcode_district = KY13
|postcode_area = KY
|dial_code = 01577
}}

'''Milnathort''' is a small town in the parish of [[Orwell, Kinross-shire|Orwell]] in the county of [[Kinross-shire]], Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of [[Perth and Kinross]]. The smaller neighbour of nearby [[Kinross]], Milnathort has a population of around 2,000 people. It is situated amidst countryside at the foot of the [[Ochil Hills]],<ref name="GfS">{{cite web |title=Milnathort: Overview |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst152.html |website=Gazetteer for Scotland |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> and near the north shore of [[Loch Leven (Kinross)|Loch Leven]]. From 1977 it became more easily accessible due to the development of the [[M90 motorway]]. The name comes from the Gaelic ''maol coirthe'' meaning "bare hill of the standing stones".<ref>{{cite book|last=Liddall|first=W.|title=The Place Names of Fife and Kinross|publisher=William Green & Sons|date=1896|url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesoffife00lidd#page/42/mode/2up|access-date=12 May 2015|location=Edinburgh}}</ref>