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Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Kincardineshire is a maritime county on the North Sea coast.
Kincardineshire has also been named "the Mearns".
The county consists of a mixture of cultivated land, woodland and moor, rising into the Grampian mountains.
Fishing and farming are the main industries.
Type: Historic County
Lat, Long: 56.967187,-2.34711
Grid Reference: NO789862
Country: Scotland
Explore Kincardineshire on Wikishire
The north-west of the county lies in the Grampian mountains, including the county top Mount Battock. Glen Dye is remarkable for its beauty.
The Old Bridge of Dye, Glen Dye
To the east, these slope down to the finely-wooded valley of the River Dee which forms the border with Aberdeenshire. Banchory is known as the "Gateway to Royal Deeside" and attracts many visitors. It is surrounded by lovely rural countryside and attractive hills. Nearby is the splendid 16th-century Crathes Castle.
Crathes Castle
South of the Grampians, in the south-west of the county, is the Howe o' the Mearns. This low-lying district may be reckoned to start at the River North Esk, the border with Angus, stretching north-east until it crosses the Bervie Water north of Inverbervie. Laurencekirk is the largest village in the Howe. Its famous landmark is the Johnston Tower, which can be seen on the peak of the Garvock. Den Finella, near the village of St Cyrus, contains a picturesque waterfall.
The Tower of Johnston
Kincardine was a burgh at the northern edge of the Howe o' the Mearns beneath Strathfinella Hill. Once a noble castle stood here and its town around it, beside the Devilly Burn. The county town was moved to Stonehaven in 1600 and Kincardine declined and vanished. The market ceased and the old mercat cross was transferred to nearby Fettercairn. All that remains of the old burgh is a hamlet, Castleton of Kincardine, gathered around the ruins of the castle.
A copse containing the remain of Kincardine Castle
Kincardineshire's coast is bold and rocky, but its indentations form fine natural harbours for its numerous fishing villages. Inverbervie lies at the south-western end of the county's coast. Here stands Hallgreen Castle, founded in 1376, on a bluff overlooking the sea. Nearby is Allardice Castle, a sixteenth-century manor house.
The county town of Stonehaven grew around a fishing village inhabited at least since the Iron Age, the site now known as the "Auld Toon". The 16th-century Stonehaven Tolbooth, on the old north quay of the Harbour, has served as a courtroom, a prison and is now a museum. Dunottar Castle, perched atop a rocky outcrop, was home to the Keith family, and during the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Scottish Crown Jewels were hidden there. West of Stonehaven is Fetteresso Castle, an 18th-century Gothic-style Palladian manor house. North of the town, near the Cowie Bridge, is the historic fishing village of Cowie and the ruins of Cowie Castle.
Stobehaven Harbour
North of Stonehaven, Newtonhill is now mainly a commuter village but grew from the older fishing village of Skateraw. Nearby is Muchalls Castle, its lower course a well preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century towerhouse structure. Upon this structure was built the 17th-century castle.
North of Newtonhill, around the A92, is the modern residential suburb of Portlethen. On the coast, east of the modern town, is Old Portlethen, the fishing village whose name the town has borrowed. Close by are the fishing villages of Findon and Downies.
In the far north-east of the county, those suburbs of Aberdeen south of the River Dee lie in Kincardineshire. These include the former Royal Burgh of Torry, famous for its fishing community; Tollus; the garden estate of Kincorth; and the former fishing village turned residential suburb of Cove Bay.
Cottages at Cove Bay
Anciently, the area was the Province of Mearns. King William the Lion in the 12th century established a Royal Hunting Park in the Mearns, at Kincardine. Kincardine and its castle soon became the location for the sheriff and his courts, and thus Kincardine became the county town and for the old name "The Mearns" was substituted a new name: Kincardineshire.
Type: Historic County
Lat, Long: 56.967187,-2.34711
Grid Reference: NO789862
Country: Scotland
Explore Kincardineshire on WikishireThe north-west of the county lies in the Grampian mountains, including the county top Mount Battock. Glen Dye is remarkable for its beauty.
The Old Bridge of Dye, Glen Dye
To the east, these slope down to the finely-wooded valley of the River Dee which forms the border with Aberdeenshire. Banchory is known as the "Gateway to Royal Deeside" and attracts many visitors. It is surrounded by lovely rural countryside and attractive hills. Nearby is the splendid 16th-century Crathes Castle.
Crathes Castle
South of the Grampians, in the south-west of the county, is the Howe o' the Mearns. This low-lying district may be reckoned to start at the River North Esk, the border with Angus, stretching north-east until it crosses the Bervie Water north of Inverbervie. Laurencekirk is the largest village in the Howe. Its famous landmark is the Johnston Tower, which can be seen on the peak of the Garvock. Den Finella, near the village of St Cyrus, contains a picturesque waterfall.
The Tower of Johnston
Kincardine was a burgh at the northern edge of the Howe o' the Mearns beneath Strathfinella Hill. Once a noble castle stood here and its town around it, beside the Devilly Burn. The county town was moved to Stonehaven in 1600 and Kincardine declined and vanished. The market ceased and the old mercat cross was transferred to nearby Fettercairn. All that remains of the old burgh is a hamlet, Castleton of Kincardine, gathered around the ruins of the castle.
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A copse containing the remain of Kincardine Castle
Kincardineshire's coast is bold and rocky, but its indentations form fine natural harbours for its numerous fishing villages. Inverbervie lies at the south-western end of the county's coast. Here stands Hallgreen Castle, founded in 1376, on a bluff overlooking the sea. Nearby is Allardice Castle, a sixteenth-century manor house.
The county town of Stonehaven grew around a fishing village inhabited at least since the Iron Age, the site now known as the "Auld Toon". The 16th-century Stonehaven Tolbooth, on the old north quay of the Harbour, has served as a courtroom, a prison and is now a museum. Dunottar Castle, perched atop a rocky outcrop, was home to the Keith family, and during the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Scottish Crown Jewels were hidden there. West of Stonehaven is Fetteresso Castle, an 18th-century Gothic-style Palladian manor house. North of the town, near the Cowie Bridge, is the historic fishing village of Cowie and the ruins of Cowie Castle.
Stobehaven Harbour
North of Stonehaven, Newtonhill is now mainly a commuter village but grew from the older fishing village of Skateraw. Nearby is Muchalls Castle, its lower course a well preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century towerhouse structure. Upon this structure was built the 17th-century castle.
North of Newtonhill, around the A92, is the modern residential suburb of Portlethen. On the coast, east of the modern town, is Old Portlethen, the fishing village whose name the town has borrowed. Close by are the fishing villages of Findon and Downies.
In the far north-east of the county, those suburbs of Aberdeen south of the River Dee lie in Kincardineshire. These include the former Royal Burgh of Torry, famous for its fishing community; Tollus; the garden estate of Kincorth; and the former fishing village turned residential suburb of Cove Bay.
Cottages at Cove Bay
Anciently, the area was the Province of Mearns. King William the Lion in the 12th century established a Royal Hunting Park in the Mearns, at Kincardine. Kincardine and its castle soon became the location for the sheriff and his courts, and thus Kincardine became the county town and for the old name "The Mearns" was substituted a new name: Kincardineshire.