Kirkland, a village in Wemyss parish, Fife, on the right bank of the Leven, 1¼ mile W of Leven town. The seat of a large flax-spinning mill, it has a public hall constructed in 1875 out of an old schoolhouse, and capable of accommodating 150 persons. Pop. (1861) 448, (1871) 355.

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