Kinbuck

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Kinbuck
South Kinbucks exit
South Kinbucks exit
Coordinates 56 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 57 ′  W
Kinbuck (Scotland)
Kinbuck
Kinbuck
administration
Post town DUNBLANE
ZIP code section FK15
prefix 01786
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Stirling
British Parliament Stirling
Scottish Parliament Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

Kinbuck is a hamlet on the eastern edge of the Scottish Council Area Stirling . It is located about five kilometers northeast of Dunblane and twelve kilometers north of Stirling on the left bank of the Allan Waters . The Ochil Hills rise to the southeast and the Ben Clach to the north .

history

The remains of two settlements, a standing stone and a cairn, testify to the settlement of the area, which dates back to the Stone Age or the Early Bronze Age .

In 1715 Kinbuck was part of the battlefield of the Battle of Sheriffmuir , the main battle of the First Jacobite Rising . Although there was no victor in the battle and the losses were relatively small, the demoralized Jacobites withdrew. On a hillside southwest of Kinbuck, the Whitestone Range , a maneuvering area, was established in the 19th century . Among other things, infantrymen were trained there for the Boer War or the First World War . During the Second World War , German positions were recreated there, including a segment of the Atlantic Wall in preparation for Operation Overlord .

Northwest of Kinbuck was in the 1870s Villa Cromlix House built. The village school was closed in 1998 and the building was converted into a community center. In 1961 there were 114 people in Kinbuck.

traffic

Of Polmont to Scrabster leading A9 runs about two kilometers south of Kinbuck. The A820 (Dunblane - Doune ) and the A822 ( Greenloaning - Inver ) can also be reached within a few kilometers .

In the mid-19th century, Kinbuck got its own station along the Scottish Central Railway . The line is still in use today, but the station has now been closed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ^ Battlefield entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  8. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  9. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  10. ↑ Information on railscot.co.uk

Web links

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