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Kincardineshire. Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of north-east Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north, and by Angus on the south-west.
Castle. Site history. Built. 16th century. Crathes Castle (pronounced / ˈkræθɪs / KRATH-iss) is a castle, built in the 16th century, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is in the historic county of Kincardineshire. This harled castle was built by the Burnetts of Leys and was owned by the family for almost 400 years.
Kincardine, Aberdeenshire. Coordinates: 56.8654°N 2.5435°W. Kincardine was a burgh in Scotland, near the present-day village of Fettercairn. It gave its name to and served as the first county town of Kincardineshire . The settlement gradually developed around Kincardine Castle. The origin of the castle is not known, although it has been ...
Kincardine and Mearns is one of six area committees of the Aberdeenshire council area in Scotland. It has a population of 38,506 (2001 Census). There are significant natural features in this district including rivers, forests, mountains and bogs (known locally as mosses ). Transport links with Aberdeen have encouraged rapid population growth ...
Built. c.1400–1600. In use. Until 1718. Dunnottar Castle ( Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") [1] is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-eastern coast of Scotland, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries ...
Newtonhill is in Kincardineshire, though local government re-organisation means that the local authority is Aberdeenshire Council. The town is situated about half a mile east of the ancient Causey Mounth road, which was built on high ground to make passable this only available medieval route from coastal points north to Aberdeen.
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Westminster ), which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1997 general election, but has undergone boundary ...
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