Kinnesswood (Scots: Kinaskit,[2] ),[3] possibly from the Scottish Gaelic: Ceann eas ciad ("head of the waterfall of the wood") is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and is in the historic county of Kinross-shire. It lies to the east of Loch Leven, on the A911 road, below Bishop Hill in the Lomond Hills. It is approximately 4 miles (6 kilometres) west of Glenrothes and 4 miles (6 kilometres) east of Kinross.[4]
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![]() Birthplace of Poet Michael Bruce in Kinnesswood | |
Location within Perth and Kinross | |
Population | 540 (2022)[1] |
OS grid reference | NO176028 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KINROSS |
Postcode district | KY13 |
Dialling code | 01592 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
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Notable residents
editIt 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".[5] Bruce died from consumption at the early age of 21.
In 1829 meteorologist Alexander Buchan was born here.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Andy Eagle. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots Online.
- ^ Liddall, W.J.N. (1896). The place names of Fife and Kinross. William Green & Sons. p. 34.
- ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2007), "Perth & Alloa", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-22997-2
- ^ Michael Bruce of Kinross-shire (Poet of Loch Leven; Poet of Lomond Braes; The Shepherd Poet) Alternative Perthshire[1]
- ^ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.