Ardross, an ancient barony in Elie parish, Fife. It comprised the greater part of the parish; belonged to a family of the name of Dischington; passed, about the beginning of the 17th century, to Sir William Scott; and went, about the close of that century, to Sir William Anstruther. The ruins of its mansion, or old baronial castle, still stand on the coast, about 1 mile ENE of Elie village.

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