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Kinnesswood Main Street, Kinross-shire

Kinnesswood Kinnesswood is a village in the parish of Portmoak, Kinross-shire. It stands to the east of Loch Leven, below Bishop Hill in the Lomond Hills. It is approximately four miles east of the county town Kinross and four miles west of Glenrothes in Fife. The name is possibly from the Gaelic Ceann eas ciad meaning "head of the waterfall of the wood". 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. (Read more)