Kinnesswood
Village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Kinnesswood (ⓘ; Scots: Kinaskit,[2] ⓘ),[3] possibly from the Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Eas Ciad ("head of the waterfall of the wood") but more likely from Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Easg "boggy head" together with "wood" from English or "cot" (cottage) from Scots [4] is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and is in the historic county of Kinross-shire. It lies to the east of Loch Leven, on the A911 road, below Bishop Hill in the Lomond Hills. It is approximately 4 miles (6 kilometres) west of Glenrothes and 4 miles (6 kilometres) east of Kinross.[5]
Kinnesswood
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 Birthplace of Poet Michael Bruce in Kinnesswood | |
  Kinnesswood Location within Perth and Kinross | |
| Population | 540 (2020)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NO176028 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KINROSS |
| Postcode district | KY13 |
| Dialling code | 01592 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Notable residents
It was the birthplace in 1746 of the poet Michael Bruce who was born into a weaver's family and is remembered for his nature poetry in poems such as 'Ode To The Cuckoo' which Edmund Burke described as "the most beautiful lyric in our language".[6] Bruce died from consumption at the early age of 21.
In 1829 meteorologist Alexander Buchan was born here.[7]
