Population 482 Census 2011-03-27 Post town KINROSS Local time Tuesday 2:00 PM | OS grid reference NO176028 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district KY13 Dialling code 01592 | |
 | ||
Weather 10°C, Wind W at 48 km/h, 68% Humidity UK parliament constituency | ||
Kinnesswood ( listen ; Scots: Kinaskit, listen ), possibly from the Scottish Gaelic: Ceann eas ciad ("head of the waterfall of the wood") is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies to the east of Loch Leven, on the A911 road, below Bishop Hill in the Lomond Hills. It is approximately 4 miles west of Glenrothes and 4 miles east of Kinross.
Contents
Map of Kinnesswood, Kinross, UK
Famous 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". Bruce died from consumption at the early age of 21.
In 1829 meteorologist Alexander Buchan was born here.
References
Kinnesswood Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA