ABERDOUR, village and parish, Fifeshire, Scotland. Pop. (1931), 2,055. On the shore of the Firth of Forth, i72m. N.W. of Edinburgh by the L.N.E.R., 7m. N.W. of Leith by steamer, it is a favoured bathing resort. There are ruins of a castle and a church with fine Norman work. About 3m. S.W. is Donibristle House, the seat of the earl of Murray (Moray). The island of Inchcolm, or Island of Columba, 4m. from shore, is in the parish. The primitive stone-roofed oratory is supposed to have been a hermit's cell. Remains of 13th-century fresco have been found. Of an Augustinian monastery, founded (1123) by Alexander I., there remain a low square tower, church cloisters, refectory and small chapter-house.