ELIE, police burgh, parish and watering-place, Fifeshire, Scot land, on the Firth of Forth. The population in 1931 was 1,098 in cluding in this the figure for Earlsferry. It is io m. S. of St. Andrews, but 20 M. distant by the L.N.E.R., which follows the coast. Though it retains some old houses, and the parish church dates from 1639, Elie is mostly modern and is a popular resort, with fine golf and bathing. The royal burgh of Earlsferry (pop. 745) is continuous with Elie, and in its parish. Its charter, granted by Malcolm Canmore, having been burned, was renewed by James VI. The place derived its name from its use by the earls of Fife as a ferry to the opposite shore of Haddington, 8 m. distant. Macduff's cave near Kincraig Point is believed traditionally to have been that in which the thane took refuge from Macbeth.