Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

KINMUICK
KINNEFF
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 is present and eighth Marquess (b. 1844; sue.
1858). — Ord. Sur., sh. 6, 1863. See Drumlanrig.
Kinmuick, a hamlet in Keithhall and Kinkell parish,
Aberdeenshire, 3| miles ESE of Inverurie, under which
it has a post office. Here the Society of Friends estab-
lished themselves about the middle of the seventeenth
century. Their meeting-house dates from about 1680,
and contains a free library. A neighbouring moor is
said to have been the scene of a great battle between the
Danes and the Scotch; contains remains of an encamp-
ment, supposed to have been formed in connection with
that battle ; and took the name of Kimnuick (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.
— Ord. Sur., sh. 87, 1876.
Kinmundy, an estate with a mansion, in Skene
parish, Aberdeenshire, 6A miles W by N of Aberdeen.
—Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1876.
Kinnaird (Gael, ceann-ard, ' high head '), a village
and a parish in Gowrie district, SE Perthshire. The
village, standing 2J miles W of its post office, Inchture,
and 3| Nff of Inchture station on the Perth and
Dundee section of the Caledonian railway, 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
Collace. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 3 J miles ; its
utmost breadth, from N to S, is 2 J 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 north-
ern districts, consisting chiefly of what are called the
Carse Braes, rise gradually north-westward to the water-
shed of the Sidlaw Hills, and attain 547 feet near Wood-
well, 917 near Woodburnhead, 994 near Franklyden,
and 969 near Blacklaw. Sandstone is the predominant
rock. The soil, on the SE border, is of the rich char-
acter 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. A strong square
tower of smoothed freestone, dating probably from the
15th century, it was tenanted for some days in 1617 by
James VI., in 1674 was acquired by the Threiplands
of Fingask:, was externally renovated in 1855, and is
figured in Dr E. Chambers' Threiplands of Fingask
(Edinb. 1880). It is in the presbytery of Dundee and
synod of Angus and Mearns ; the living is worth £224.
The church, erected in 1815, was renovated in 1893;
and a public school, with accommodation for 121 chil-
dren, has an average attendance of about 60, and a
grant of over £70. Valuation (1883) £3174, 18s. lid.
(1892) £2581, 13s. lOd. Pop. (1801) 455, (1831) 461,
(1861) 318, (1871) 299, (1881) 260, (1891) 228.— 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, and
almost overhung by a stupendous rock, it belongs to
the Duke of Atholl. During 1823-24 it was tenanted
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 Wilhelm Meister. See
chaps, xi., xii., of his Life by Froude (Lond. 1882). —
Ord. Sur., sh. 55, 1S69. ' -
Kinnaird, a hamlet in Moulin parish, Perthshire, 1A
mile NE of Pitlochry.
Kinnaird Castle, the seat of the Earl of Southesk, in
Faknell parish, Forfarshire, within 5 furlongs of the
right or S bank of the South Esk river, 3j miles SE of
Brechin, and lg mile NNE of Farnell Road station of
the Caledonian railway. Mostly rebuilt about the be-
ginning of the 19th century, it was enlarged and re-
modelled 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 several hundred 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 the 18th 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.
Highl. and Ag. Soc. (1879-81). In 1401-9 Duthac de
Carnegie, by purchase 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 Kinnaird, 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 Pitt-
arrow, Bart. ; and his great-grandson, Sir James Car-
negie, 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 Balin-
hard of Farnell, in the peerage of the United Kingdom.
—Ord. Sur., sh. 57, 1868. See pp. 238-249 of Andrew
Jervise's Land of the Lindsays (2d ed. 1882).
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. A monument of iron, cast
at Carron, has been erected over his grave. He was
sixth in descent from the Rev. Robert Bruce of Kinnaird
(1559-1631), the noted Presbyterian divine; and both
are buried in the parish churchyard. His great grand-
daughter, Lady Elma Bruce, the eighth Earl of Elgin's
eldest daughter, in 1864 married the present Lord Thur-
low. Kinnaird village, 3J miles N of Falkirk, is in-
habited principally by colliers and operatives connected
with the industries of the populous region round Carron
Iron-works. Pop. (1871) 464, (1881) 336, (1891) 344,
of whom 255 were in Larbert parish and 89 in Both-
kennar. — Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867. See Duniphail.
Kinnaird's Head. See Fraserburgh.
Kinneddar. See Drainie.
Kirmeff, 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.
It is bounded N by Dunnottar, E by the German Ocean,
S by Bervie, and W by Arbuthnott. Its utmost length,
from N to S, is 5| miles; its utmost breadth, from E
to W, is 4 miles; and its area is 7238 acres, of which
103 are foreshore and 5| water. The river Bervie flows
i mile along the southern border to its mouth in Bervie
Bay; and three burns rise in the interior, and run to
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