Kincardine (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn) is a small hamlet in Sutherland, situated on the west end of the south shore of the Dornoch Firth.[1] The village of Ardgay is less than 1 mile north west of Kincardine along the A836 coast road.

Kincardine Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn
Croick Old Parish Church. Croick Church was built, with Government Grants, in 1827 at a cost of £1527 to plans by Thomas Telford. Glencalvie was cleared in 1845 and the names of many of the people evicted can be seen scratched in the windows of the church.
Kincardine Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NH607894
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Sutherland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ardgay
Postcode district	IV24 3
Dialling code	01863 766xxx
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and East Ross
List of places UK Scotland 57.8724°N 4.35001°W / 57.8724; -4.35001

Etymology

The name Kincardine, as with other locations so-named, may be a Gaelic adaptation of a Pictish name.[2] The second element is the Pictish *carden, perhaps meaning "encampment" or "brake".[2] The first element represent Gaelic ceann substituting an original Pictish *pen, both meaning "end, head, top",[2] giving an aboriginal form of *Pencarden.[2]

See also

• Kincardine (disambiguation)

References

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