Kinneff, Aberdeenshire

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Kinneff is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kinneff within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kinneff in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

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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