INVERKEITHING, a parliament-town of Scotland, in the county of Fife, situated on the northern shore of the Frith of Forth, in W. Long. 3. 15. N. Lat. 56. 5. It was much favoured by William, who granted its first charter. He extended its liberties considerably, and in the time of David I. it became a royal residence. The Mountrays had large possessions here, which were forfeited in the reign of Robert II. The Franciscans had a convent in this town; and, according to Sir Robert Sibbald, the Dominicans had another.