Kincardine (Fife)
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Kincardine Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 4 ′ N , 3 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 2834 2011 census | ||
| languages | English Scots Scottish Gaelic |
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| Post town | ALLOA | ||
| ZIP code section | FK10 | ||
| prefix | 01259 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Lieutenancy Area | Fife | ||
| Council area | Fife | ||
| British Parliament | Dunfermline and West Fife | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Dunfermline | ||
Kincardine ( Scottish Gaelic : Cinn Chàrdainn ) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small port town with 2,834 inhabitants on the north coast of the Firth of Forth , in the Fife Council Area in Scotland . It is located around 25 km west of Edinburgh .
In 1663 the city got the status of a Burgh of Barony , which speaks for a certain importance of the river port. The town still has many of the buildings typical of 17th, 18th and 19th century Scotland, although the town was greatly transformed by the construction of the Kincardine Bridge from 1932 to 1936.
The Kincardine Bridge is located in the southwest of Kincardine. It is an important transition at the mouth of the Forth .
See also
- Clan Bruce , important Scottish clan based in Kincardine
- George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith , British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars (died at Tulliallan Castle near Kincardine)
- James Dewar , Scottish Physicist and Chemist (born in Kincardine)
Web links
Commons : Kincardine - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Kincardine website
- Local information about Kincardine from the Kincardine Local History Group
- Kincardine in Gazetteer for Scotland