Kinnesswood
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Scots: Kinaskit | |
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Population | 482 Census 2011-03-27 |
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OS grid reference | NO176028 |
Council area | Perth and Kinross |
Lieutenancy area | Perth and Kinross |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KINROSS |
Postcode district | KY13 |
Dialling code | 01592 |
Police | Scottish |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
UK Parliament | Ochil and South Perthshire |
Scottish Parliament | Ochil |
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Kinnesswood (Audio file "Kinnesswood.ogg" not found; Scots: Kinaskit ,[1] Audio file "Kinnesskit.ogg" not found),[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 west of Glenrothes and 4 miles east of Kinross.[3]
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
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- ↑ 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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