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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). 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 ).
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.
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Kincardine, Fife, a town on the River Forth, Scotland Kincardine Bridge, a bridge which spans the Firth of Forth; Kincardineshire, a historic county Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, now abandoned; Kincardine and Deeside, a former local government district; Kincardine and Mearns, a current local government district; Kincardine, Sutherland
The Earl petitioned for Kincardine to be declared as a free burgh and county town for the Mearns. [4] The petition claimed that the sheriff courts for the Mearns were already being held in the town, and that it was reputed to have previously been made a free burgh, but that the charter had been lost. He was successful, and on 27 January 1531/2 ...
People from Kincardine and Mearns (8 C, 34 P) S. Stonehaven (3 C, 50 P) Pages in category "Kincardine and Mearns"
Stonehaven is the site of prehistoric events evidenced by finds at Fetteresso Castle and Neolithic pottery excavations from the Spurryhillock area. [5] In 2004, archaeological work by CFA Archaeology, in advance of the building of the Aberdeen to Lochside Natural Gas Pipeline, found two short cists burials containing cremated remains to the southwest of Stonehaven.
It is the largest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns area and houses the local secondary school; Mearns Academy, which was established in 1895 and awarded the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, referring to an obligation to provide free food and board to passing troops.