Glenvale, a deep romantic ravine on the mutual border of Strathmiglo parish, Fife, and Portmoak parish, Kinross-shire, 3¾ miles EN E of Milnathort. Flanked on the N by the West Lomond (1713 feet), on the S by Bishop Hill (1292), and itself having an average elevation of 500 feet, it offers some resemblance to the ravine of Mouse Water at Cartland Crags, and was a refuge of Covenanters in the days of the persecution.—Ord. Sur., sh 40, 1847.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)