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Kinnaird Castle is a 15th-century castle near Brechin in Angus, Scotland. [1] The castle has been home to the Carnegie family, the Earls of Southesk , for more than 600 years. [ 2 ] It is a Category B listed building and the grounds are included in Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland .
Kinnaird (Scottish Gaelic: An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a village in Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. It is notable for its 15th-century castle . The four-storeyed Kinnaird Castle was a stronghold of the Threiplands of Fingask, a local Jacobite family.
Rossie Priory Cricket Club is based on the estate and was founded in 1828 by George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird; it is the second oldest Scottish cricket club still in existence after Kelso. [13] [14] [15] George Kinnaird also established an early calotype photographic studio with the assistance of Thomas Rodger in around 1850. [16]
Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, estate of the Bruces of Airth in Stirlingshire, ... Kinnaird is a Scottish surname, some notable people with name include: Alison Kinnaird;
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."
The Rossie Priory, an extensive country estate owned by the Kinnaird family is just to the southwest. Knapp contains an old coaching house (now converted into a property), converted Old Smiddy, Old Mill, Doocot, and many other lovely old properties, and its pièce de résistance is a functional red telephone box.
Kinnaird Head (Scottish Gaelic: An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse , the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the ...
The village was not involved in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745, but the neighbouring estate of Kinnaird was lost after 1715 due to its owner, Threipland of Fingask, being a supporter of the Jacobite movement. [4] Agricultural changes in the 18th century affected the nature of the community, eventually leading to its abandonment. [4]