Looking for place-name probably Forgan/Balmarino area

[Flattybasher9]

Yes Monica

Regards

Malky

[Flattybasher9]

East of Castle Hill, South West of Links Wood, directly South of Flass.

Regards

Malky

[MonicaL]

Thank you Malky 

A good walk through here too www.twentytwoflassroad.co.uk/Newport/census/1901_description.php in the section of 'Enumeration District 1'.

Monica

[TamPepper]

Went through the Roger births in Forgan Parish, kept at Cupar Library, and find that they have been transcribed correctly
The attachment shows the place in five Births registrations.
So I am no further forward !!!

[josey]

Great to see the records. Hmmm no doubt there then.

Googling -gogue as a suffix brings up the greek for lead... as in pedagogue 'leading children'. Could there be a sense of 'leading to Mo(u)ntmi(u)rry'.....or do greek words never feature in Scots place names?

Or might the name split after the first g so the ending is og/ogue like og/och/ock diminuitive Gaelic ending
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/ock
Mo(u)ntmi(u)rrig - og(ue) little Mount murrig.

Or am I being a word nerd...

Maybe the St Fort records at the St Andrews Special Collection as suggested by DonM is the next port of call. Search for St Fort here:
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/collections/archives/

[MonicaL]

Or am I being a word nerd...

NO, you are just very clever at these types of searches, Josey 

I cannot add anything here, but fascinated by how this post touches on a number of key research issues for this period.

Monica

[TamPepper]

All input is greatly appreciated

[gene-genie]

Might it be  a garbled version of  Mountquhanie House  or  Mountquhanie Home Farm  or Mountqhanie Castle  2.2 miles from Balmerino near Kilmany/Cupar:

Photo  Mountquhanie House:
http://www.visitdunkeld.com/Fife%20Scotland%20Mansion%20Houses/pages/Mountquhanie%20House%20Fife%20Scotland_JPG.htm

Montquhanie Castle:  http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-8834-mountquhanie-castle-kilmany

[Rosinish]

I actually wonder if it could be a misinterpretation with the word "Haugh".....

In a continuation e.g. Mount(murrighaugh) may have sounded like "murrig gogue" 

Annie