Kinnesswood
Appearance
Kinnesswood
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Location within Perth and Kinross | |
Population | 482 Census 2011-03-27 |
OS grid reference | NO176028 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KINROSS |
Postcode district | KY13 |
Dialling code | 01592 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Scottish Parliament | |
Kinnesswood (Scots: Kinaskit,[1] ),[2] possibly from the Scottish Gaelic: Ceann eas ciad ("head of the waterfall of the wood") is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies to the east of Loch Leven, on the A911 road, below Bishop Hill in the Lomond Hills. It is approximately 4 miles (6 kilometres) west of Glenrothes and 4 miles (6 kilometres) east of Kinross.[3]
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Famous Residents
It was the birthplace in 1746 of the poet Michael Bruce who was born into a weaver's family and is remembered for his nature poetry in poems such as 'Ode To The Cuckoo' which Edmund Burke described as "the most beautiful lyric in our language".[4] Bruce died from consumption at the early age of 21.
In 1829 meteorologist Alexander Buchan was born here.[5]
References
- ^ Andy Eagle. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots Online.
- ^ Liddall, W.J.N. (1896). The place names of Fife and Kinross. William Green & Sons. p. 34.
- ^ "Perth & Alloa", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22997-1
- ^ Michael Bruce of Kinross-shire (Poet of Loch Leven; Poet of Lomond Braes; The Shepherd Poet) Alternative Perthshire[1]
- ^ http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
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