Place:Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Kinneff from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:

"Kinneff and Catterline, par., Kincardineshire, 7130 ac., pop. 997; contains Kinneff, hamlet, on the coast, 7½ miles S. of Stonehaven; P.O.; of Kinneff Castle, garrisoned by the English during David Bruce's minority, almost no vestige remains; during the siege of Dunnottar Castle, in the time of the Commonwealth, the Scottish regalia were secretly conveyed to Kinneff, and buried under the flags of the church."

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