Kinnesswood

Kinnesswood
Birthplace of Poet Michael Bruce in Kinnesswood
Kinnesswood is located in Perth and Kinross
Kinnesswood
Kinnesswood
Location within Perth and Kinross
Population540 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNO176028
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKINROSS
Postcode districtKY13
Dialling code01592
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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56°12′38″N 3°19′48″W / 56.210623°N 3.330023°W / 56.210623; -3.330023

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]

Disused 'phone box used as a second hand book exchange
  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