Gazetteer of Scotland

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KIN
the Carron, and the Bervie, running to the
ocean ; and the Luther, running to the
North Esk. Granite is the principal rock,
but good sandstone exists and is quarried.
Agriculture is well advanced, but neither
manufacture nor commerce makes much
figure. The antiquities include Caledonian
stone circles, large cairns, remains of three
Roman camps, the ruins of Finella Castle,
and the imposing ruined mass of Dun-
nottar Castle. The only town with more
than 3000 inhabitants is Stonehaven ; the
towns with each more than 1000 are
Laurencekirk, Johnshaven, and Bervie ;
and the villages with each more than 300
are Banchory, Gourdon, Torry, Luther-
muir, Cove, Auchenblae, Fettercairn,
Skaterow, Findon, Portlethen, and Drum-
lithie. Real property in 1SS0-81, £255,413.
Pop. in 1871, 34,630 ; in 1881, 34,460.
KINCLAVEN, parish in Stormont dis-
trict, Perthshire. It contains Arntully
village, and its post town is Stanley. Its
length is 4f miles ; its greatest breadth 3
miles ; its area 6136 acres. Real property
in 1880-81, £7641. Pop., quoad civilia, 588 ;
quoad sacra, 490. The surface lies along
right side of the Tay, adjoins Campsie linn,
rises gently into an inconsiderable ridge,
and consists mostly of arable land. Kin-
claven Castle, now a ruin, was anciently a
royal residence, and figures in the history
of Sir William Wallace. The churches are
Established and United Presbyterian. The
public school has capacity for 45 scholars.
KINCORTH, seat in Dyke parish, Elgin-
shire.
KINCRAIG, bold cavernous headland,
nearly 200 feet high, at east horn of Largo
Bay, Fife.
KINCRAIG, place, 5f miles north-east of
Kingussie, Inverness-shire. It has a post
office under Kingussie, and a railway
station.
KINCRAIG, seat near Invergordon, Ross-
shire.
KINDACE, seat in Kilmuir - Easter
parish, Ross-shire.
KINDALLACHAN, village in Dowally
parish, Perthshire.
KINDER, lake, with 2 islets, If mile
south of Newabbey, Kirkcudbrightshire.
KINDY, rivulet, traversing Glenkindy,
in Strathdon parish, Aberdeenshire.
KINEARNY, ancient parish, now divided
between Cluny and Midmar, Aberdeen-
shire.
KINEDAR. See King-Edward.
KINEDDAR, two seats, Under and
Upper, in Saline parish, Fife.
KINEDER, ancient parish, with traces
of parochial church and Episcopal chapel,
now in Drainie, Elginshire.
KINELLAN, lake in Contin parish, Ross-
shire.
KINELLAR, parish, containing Black-
burn post office and part of Kintore burgh,
in Aberdeenshire. Its length is fully 4
miles ; its greatest breadth fully 2 miles ;
its area 4217 acres. Real property of
landward part in 1880-81, £5105. Pop. 580.
The surface is undulated, and includes
part of a heathy tract with numerous
tumuli. The public school has capacity
for 99 scholars.
KINETHMONT. See Kennethmont.
KINFAUNS, parish, containing rail-
way station of its own name, 3§ miles east-
south-east of Perth. It contains also
Glencarse post office and railway station,
at 6f miles from Perth ; measures about 5
miles by 2h ; and comprises 4291 acres.
Real property in 1880-81, £10,312. Pop.
583. The surface includes part of
Kinnoul Hill, consists largely of other
portions of the Sidlaws, descends thence
towards Carse of Gowrie, and includes a
flat tract along the Tay. Kinfauns Castle,
at 2jj- miles east-south-east of Perth, is a
splendid edifice of 1822, and has rich sur-
roundings of wood, slope, hill, and crag.
Other seats are Seggieden, Glencarse, and
Glendoig. The churches are Established
and Free. The public school has about
62 scholars.
KINGAIRLOCH, district, about 12 miles
long, on north-west side of Loch Linnhe,
Argyleshire. It has a post office under
Strontian, and a public school.
KINGARTH, parish, comprising southern
part of Bute Island, Buteshire. It has a
post office under Rothesay, and contains
the villages of Ascog, Kilchattan-Bay,
Kerrycroy, and Piperhall. Its length
is 6J miles ; its mean breadth about 2^
miles ; its area 8995 acres. Real property
in 1880-81, £9943. Pop. 1260. About
4315 acres are arable, about 940 are under
wood, and the rest of the land is pastoral
or moorish. A chief feature is the
Marquis of Bute's seat of Mount Stuart.
The churches are 1 Established and 2 Free.
There are 3 schools for 234 scholars, and 1
of them and a class-room for 75 are new.
KINGCASE, ruined ancient lepers'
hospital, near Prestwick, Ayrshire.
KINGCAUSIE, seat in Maryculter parish,
Kincardineshire.
KING-EDWARD, parish, with railway
station, 4 J miles north of Turriff, on north-
west border of Aberdeenshire. It has a
post office under Banff, and it contains the
post office village of Newbyth, and includes
most of Newbyth quoad sacra parish. Its
length is 9 miles ; its greatest breadth,
including a slightly detached district on
the north, is 6^ miles ; and its area is
18,570 acres. Real property in 1880-81,
£13,820. Pop., quoad civilia, 3064 ; quoad
sacra, 1164. The river Deveron traces
most of the western boundary ; and the
rivnlet King-Edward runs about 9 miles
westward to it, at about 4 miles from
Banff. The land is partly a vale along
that rivulet, and mostly an assemblage of
low grounds and considerable eminences.
Chief seats are Montcoffer and Eden ; and
the chief antiquity is a ruined baronial
fortalice called King-Edward Castle. The
parochial church stands about If mile