Kincardine O'Neil

Kincardine O'Neil
Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn
Kincardine O'Neil  Kincardine O'Neil shown within Aberdeenshire
Population	500 (2004)
OS grid reference	NO592997
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Kincardineshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aboyne
Postcode district	AB34
Dialling code	013398
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West
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Coordinates: 57°05′13″N 2°40′26″W / 57.086934°N 2.673993°W / 57.086934; -2.673993

Kincardine O'Neil (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn) is one of the oldest villages in Deeside, in the northeast of Scotland. It is situated between Banchory and Aboyne. The village is known locally as Kinker, and was formerly known as Eaglais Iarach in Gaelic.

It was designated as a conservation area in 1978. It will be connected to the Deeside Way, once the route is completed.

The Old Toll House at Kincardine O'Neil

Area history

Since ancient times there was a crossing of the Dee River at Kincardine O'Neil.^[1] Locations of the Dee crossings along with alignment of ancient trackways formed a major impetus for location of early castles and settlements. In the vicinity of Kincardine O'Neil the Middle Ages trackways to the south had a particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle.^[2]

In the 19th century, the Deeside Railway bypassed the village, impeding the expansion of the settlement, unlike towns nearby. By 1895 the population of Kincardine O'Neil exceeded 200.^[3] Most of the extant buildings were built in the 19th century.

Amenities

The area boasts the River Dee, a village store and an antiques shop. In early 2012 the Brewmeister Micro Brewery opened on the Kincardine estate.^[4]

Sister cities

• Thun-Saint-Martin, France

See also

• Aboyne Castle
• Royal Deeside

Line notes

References

• C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, ed A. Burnham
• John Mackintosh, History of the Valley of the Dee, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 1895, Taylor and Henderson, 240 pages
• Kincardine O'Neil historical profile

External sources

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kincardine O'Neil.

• Kincardine O'Neil Homepage

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Other settlements	Backburn Bellabeg Birse Birsemore Bogniebrae Brathens Brideswell Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Forgue Gartly Inverey Keig Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Logie Coldstone Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tornaveen Towie Tullich Ythanwells
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in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
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in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins