Gazetteer of Scotland

KIN
both By nature and art, and the re-
mains of two religious houses. Po-
pulation in 1801, 937.
KINNELL; a parish in Angus-
shire, containing nearly 3000 acres,
of which 2000 are arable. The soil
is various, one part being clay and
wet,, the other sandy, but both tole-
rably fertile. The crops are oats,
barley? potatoes, flax, turnip, and
sown grasses.. There are several tu-
muli, and tradition points out the
field of a battle fought between the
rival clans of Lindsay and Ogilvie, in
1443. The church is distant about
6 miles from Aberbrothock, the near-
est town. Population in 1801, 783.
KINNELL ; a river in Dumfries-
shire, which falls into the Annan near
the royal borough of Lochmaben.
KINNELLAR ; a parish in Aber-
deenshire, containing about 4000 a-
cres, and consisting of an irregular
assemblage of hills, which are of in*
considerable elevation, and are either
wholly cultivated, or susceptible of
cultivation. The summits are gene-
rally covered with a small plantation
of firs, which give beauty to the scene,
while they afford shelter to the coun-
try. Agriculture is in a state of tole-
rable perfection, and the farmers very
generally follow the system of sum-
mer fallow and green crops. The
lands are all inclosed. Several cairns
are seen here, and upright stones, ar-
ranged in an elliptical form, supposed
to have been part of a druidical tem-
ple. Population in 1801, 309.
KINNESSWOOD ; a village in
Kinross-shire, in the parish of Port-
moak, ■ containing about 170 inhabi-
tants. It is noted as the birth-place
of the poet Michael Bruce.
KINNETTLES ; a parish in the
county of Forfar, forming nearly a
square of 4 miles. The soil is clay,
variously mixed with loam and sand.
The greater part is inclosed and well
cultivated, yielding good en-ops of oats
and barley, with some wheat and flax.
The mansion-houses of the proprie-
tors, with the pleasure grounds sur-
rounding them, give the whole parish
a delightful appearance. Population
in 1801, 567.
KINNOUL ; a parish in Perthshire,
situated, on the E. side of the river
Tay, nearly opposite to the town of
Perth, about 1^ of 2 miles square,
KIN
containing 3000 acres, of whitn 70S 1
are covered with plantations. The
surface is irregular, rising from the
banks of the river to the summit of
the hill of Kinnoul, the elevation of
which is 632. feet above the level of
the Tay. There is an extensive and
thriving nursery belonging to the
company of Dickson and Brown,
which contains all kinds of fruit trees,,
&c. which are naturalized to the cli-
mate. The village of Kinnoul, com-
monly called Bridge-end, from its lo-
cal situation at the end of the bridge
of Perth, is a, borough of barony,
holding of the Earl of Kinnoul, the
superior, and entitled to hold a week-
ly market and 4 fairs. Many of the
greatest ornaments and improvements
which have been lately made in the
vicinity of Perth, are in this parish.
Numerous gentlemen have erected
beautiful seats on the sides of the hill,
and the banks of the river, of which
Bellewood and Woodend are the most
conspicuous. The salmon fishings on
the Tay, in this parish, are rented at
upwards of 5001. Sterling per annum:
The ruins of theancient eastle of Kin-
noul, from whence the noble family
of Hay take the title of Earl, are still
to be seen j and at Balthayock are
the remains of an old castle, formerly
the seat of the family of Blair. la
the hill of Kinnoul is a deep cave,
called the Dragon's hole, hi which it
is said the celebrated Sir William
Wallace was long secreted. The hill
of Kinnoul is a great mineralogical
curiosity, and has been particularly
examined by all tourists who have
made that science an object of their
study. The greater part of it is com-
posed of lava, in which the different
layers or currents are very evident.
Some of it is compact, but it is gene-
rally full of cells, resembling the slag
of an iron-foundery. It is very fusi-
ble, and easily converted into a glass
of a blackish purple colour. There
are many different kinds of the lava,
owing to admixtures. M. Faujas de
St. Fond enumerates 20. In some of
the Currents of lava are found veins
of sulphat of barytes, and there are-
many large pieces of the same, mine-
ral in the appearance of what is called
cawk. There are many specimens of
zeolite and of rock crystal, some of
the latter encrusted with chalcedony.