Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 4

KINMUCK
descendant, Charles, sixth Bart. (1777-1837), in 1810
succeeded his fourth cousin once removed, the fourth
Duke of Queensberry, in the Scottish titles of Viscount
Drumlanrig (ere. 1628), Earl of Queensberry (1633),
Marquess of Queensberry (1682), etc. John Sholto
Douglas, present and eighth Marquess (b. 1844 ; sue.
1858), holds 13,243 acres in the shire, valued at £13,385
per annum. — Ord. Sur., sh. 6, 1863. See Drum-
lanrig.
Kinmuck, a hamlet in Keithhall and Kinkell parish,
Aberdeenshire, 3J miles ESE of Inverurie, under which
it has a post office. A neighbouring moor is said to
have been the scene of a great battle between the Danes
and the Scotch ; contains remains of an encampment,
supposed to have been formed in connection with that
battle; and took the name of Kinmuck (Gael, 'boar's
head ') from a tradition that the Scotch slew a boar in
their advance.— Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1873.
Kinmundy, a plain mansion near the E border of Old
Deer parish, Aberdeenshire, 3 miles SSE of Mintlaw.
Its owner, William Ferguson, Esq. (b. 1823 ; sue. 1862),
holds 4068 acres in the shire, valued at £3555 per
annum. — Ord. Sur., sh. 87, 1876.
Kinmundy, an estate, with a mansion, in Skene
parish, Aberdeenshire, 6h miles W by N of Aberdeen.
Its owner, Col. Henry Erskine Forbes (b. 1S21), holds
723 acres in the shire, valued at £981 per annum. —
Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1873.
Kinnaird (Gael, ceann-ard, 'high head'), a village
and a parish in Gowi'ie district, SE Perthshire. The
village, standing 2J miles W of its post office, Inchtnre,
and 3J KW of Inchture station, occupies such a situation
among the braes overlooking the Carse of Gowrie as may
have given rise to its name.
The parish, containing also the village of Pitmiddle,
is bounded N by Abernyte, E by Abernyte and Inchture,
S by Errol, SW and W by Kilspindie, and NW by
Caputh (detached) and Collace. Its utmost length,
from E to W, is 3J miles ; its utmost breadth, from N
to S, is 2J miles ; and its area is 3501 acres, of which
2| are water. The south-eastern border is part of the
Carse of Gowrie, sinking to less than 50 feet above sea-
level ; and the central and northern districts, consisting
chiefly of what are called the Carse Braes, rise gradually
north-westward to the watershed of the Sidlaw Hills,
and attain 547 feet near Woodwell, 917 near Woodburn-
head, 994 near Franklyden, and 969 near Blacklaw.
Sandstone is the predominant rock. The soil, on the
SE border, is of the rich character common to the Carse ;
in the central districts, is a mixture of black earth and
so-called 'mortar,' inferior to the Carse soil, yet of no
little fertility ; in the northern district is light and
shallow, with such mixed covering of grass, bent, and
heath, as renders it fit only for sheep pasturage. "Wood
covers a fair proportion ; and the arable area is a little
larger than the pastoral. Kinnaird Castle, a little NW
of the village, commands extensive views of the Carse
and the Fife hills. Built by the Crown in the 12th
century to serve as a local fortalice, it was tenanted
for some days in 1617 by James VI., and in 1674
was acquired by the Threiplands of Flngask. A
strong square tower of smoothed freestone, dating pro-
bably from the 15th century, it was externally renovated
in 1855, and is figured in Dr R. Chambers' Threipland.s
of Fingask (Edinb. 18S0). The parish is divided
between two proprietors. It is in the presbytery of
Dundee and synod of Angus and Mearns ; the living is
worth £265. The church, erected in 1815, contains
300 sittings ; and a public school, with accommodation
for 122 children, had (1881) an average attendance of
70, and a grant of £70, Is. Valuation (1883) £3174,
18s. lid. Pop. (1S01) 455, (1831) 461, (1S61) 318,
(1871) 299, (1881) 260.— Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Kinnaird, a mansion in Little Dunkeld parish, Perth-
shire, near the right bank of the river Tay, 2 miles S
of Ballinluig and 7 NNW of Dunkeld. Beautifully
situated on a rising-ground, in the midst of woods, anil
almost overhung by a stupendous rock, it belongs to
the Duke of Athole. During 1823-24 it was tenanted
KINNEFF
by the Bullers, whose tutor, Thomas Carlyle (1795-
1881), here wrote most of his Life of Schiller and the
first part of his translation of Wilhclm Meislcr. See
chaps, xi., xii., of his Life by Froude (Lond. 1882). —
Ord. Sur., sh. 55, 1869.
Kinnaird, a hamlet in Moulin parish, Perthshire, 1J
mile NE of Pitlochry.
Kinnaird Castle, the seat of the Earl of Southesk, in
Farnell parish, Forfarshire, within 5 furlongs of the
right or S bank of the South Esk river, 3J miles SE of
Brechin, and 1| mile NNE of Faruell Road station.
Mostly rebuilt about the beginning of the present
century, it was enlarged and remodelled in 1854-60
after designs by the late David Bryce, R.S.A. ; and
'now resembles an ancient French chateau, with
many lofty steep-roofed towers and turrets, long stone
balconies, and balustraded terrace walls.' The park,
three-fourths of which are occupied by the deer-park,
with 400 fallow deer, comprises between 1300 and 1400
acres, and, save where it is bounded by the river, is
enclosed by a high wall. Most of its trees were planted
towards the close of last century, but there are several
170 to 400 years old, whose dimensions are given by Mr
Jervise and in the series of five papers on the 'old and
remarkable ' trees of Scotland in Trans. Higlil. and Ag.
Soc. (1879-81). In 1401-9 Duthae de Carnegie, by pur-
chase and marriage, acquired the lands of Kinnaird.
He fell at Harlaw (1411) ; whilst Walter, his son, for
fighting against Earl ' Beardie ' in the battle of Brechin
(1452), had his castle of Kinnaird burned down by the
Lindsays ; and John, his great-grandson, was slain at
Flodden (1513). His son, Sir Robert, senator of the
College of Justice (1547) and ambassador to France
(1550), rebuilt the house of Kinnaird, which was visited
by James VI., Charles I., Charles II., and the Chevalier.
In 1616 Sir David was created Lord Carnegie of Kin-
naird, and in 1633 Earl of Southesk — titles forfeited by
the fifth Earl, James, for his share in the '15. The
entire estate was bought for £51,549 by the York
Buildings Co., on whose insolvency a large portion of
the property was repurchased for £36,871 by the last
Earl's third cousin, Sir James Carnegie of Pittarrow,
Bart. ; and his great-grandson, Sir James Carnegie,
K.T., sixth Bart, since 1663 (b. 1827 ; sue. 1849), was
restored to the earldom, by reversal of the act of
attainder, in 1855, and in 1869 was created Baron
Balinhard of Farnell, in the peerage of the United
Kingdom. He holds 22,525 acres in Forfarshire, valued
at £21,812 per annum.— Ore?. Sur., sh. 57, 1868. See
pp. 238-249 of Andrew Jervise's Land of the Lindsays
(2d ed. 18S2).
Kinnaird House, an old-fashioned, three-storied man-
sion in Larbert parish, Stirlingshire, 4J miles N of
Falkirk. It was enlarged and improved by the great
Abyssinian traveller, James Bruce (1730-94), who here
was born, here spent his later years, and here died
through a fall downstairs. He was sixth in descent
from the Rev. Robert Bruce of Kinnaird (1559-1631),
the noted Presbyterian divine ; and both are buried at
Larbert. His great-granddaughter, Lady Elma Bruce,
the eighth Earl of Elgin's eldest daughter, in 1864 married
the present Lord Thurlow, who thus holds 1107 acres in
the shire, valued at £1981 per annum. Kinnaird
village, 3f miles N of Falkirk, is inhabited principally
by colliers and operatives connected with the industries
of the populous region round Carron Iron-works. Pop.
(1861) 437, (1871) 464, (1881) 336, of whom 249 were
in Larbert parish and 87 in Bothkennar. — Ord. Sur.,
sh. 31, 1S67. See Duniphail.
Kinnaird's Head. See Fraserburgh.
Kinneddar. See Drainie.
Kinneff, a hamlet and a parish on the coast of Kin-
cardineshire. The hamlet lies 2J miles NNE of Bervie
station and 7| S by "W of Stonehaven, under which it
has a post office.
The parish, containing also the fishing village of
Caterline and a minute part of Bervie royal burgh,
comprises the ancient parishes of Kinneff and Caterline,
and once comprehended also what now is Bervie parish.
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