Lochty, a rivulet, partly of Kinross-shire, but chiefly of Fife. Rising on Bennarty Hill, a little NW of Lochore House, it runs 10¼ miles eastward through or along the boundaries of Ballingry, Portmoak, Kinglassie, Dysart, and Markinch parishes, and falls into the Ore 2³/8 miles WSW of the Ore's confluence with the Leven. A bleachfield of its own name is on it within Markinch parish, in the vicinity of Thornton Junction.—Ord. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.

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