Pitmilly is the site of a former estate located five miles south-east of St Andrews, Scotland. Its historical significance is threefold. It has been inhabited from ancient times; artifacts continue to be recovered from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages and a well-known barrow (burial mound) Tumulus from the Bronze Age still exists there. It is connected to Clan Hay in that Eva of Pitmilly, the Celtic heiress to these lands, married William II de Haya, a Norman, in the 12th century C.E., with the couple becoming the progenitors of that Scottish clan. Finally, for over seven centuries, it was owned by the important Moneypenny family.
Read more about Pitmilly: Pitmilly Lands, History Before The Arrival of The Normans, Countess Ada and Pitmilly, The Hays and Pitmilly, The Monypennys and Pitmilly, Pitmilly After The Monypennys