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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 ...
A Scots Quair. A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north-east of Scotland during the early 20th century. It consists of three novels: Sunset Song (1932), Cloud Howe (1933), and Grey Granite (1934). The first is widely regarded as an important classic ...
The books featured in this year’s festival cover a wide range of genres and topics; from mysteries and fantasy to cultural awareness and DIY fixes, the festival’s line-up this year is ...
As a group, the nine festivals said their collective efforts had sold £1.5m of books, engaged 64,000 schoolchildren in free activities, offered 99,000 free or subsidised events and reached ...
Scotland. Years active. 19. Inaugurated. 19 February 2005. ( 2005-02-19) Website. www .ayewrite .com. Aye Write, originally stylized as Aye Write!, is an annual book festival which takes place in Glasgow, Scotland in late February or early March.