Kinnesswood

Kinnesswood
Scots: *Kinaskit*
Kinnesswood Scots: Kinaskit;
	Birthplace of Poet Michael Bruce in Kinnesswood
	Kinnesswood Location within Perth and Kinross
Population	540 (2022)
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	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire;
Scottish Parliament	Ochil;
	List of places UK Scotland 56°12′38″N 3°19′48″W / 56.210623°N 3.330023°W

Kinnesswood (listen^ⓘ; Scots: Kinaskit,^[2] listen^ⓘ),^[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]

Notable 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".^[5] Bruce died from consumption at the early age of 21.

In 1829 meteorologist Alexander Buchan was born here.^[6]

References

^ "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.

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[1] "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[2] Andy Eagle. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots Online.

[3] Liddall, W.J.N. (1896). The place names of Fife and Kinross. William Green & Sons. p. 34.

[4] Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2007), "Perth & Alloa", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-22997-2

[5] Michael Bruce of Kinross-shire (Poet of Loch Leven; Poet of Lomond Braes; The Shepherd Poet) Alternative Perthshire[1]

[6] 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.

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