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Kinkell, an estate, with a mansion, in St Andrews parish, Fife, 2½ miles ESE of St Andrews city. Its owner, Thomas Duncan, Esq., holds 871 acres in the shire, valued at £1785 per annum. It gives name to old Kinkell Castle, Kinkell Cave (35 feet deep), and small Kinkell Ness, near which a rock, called the Rock and Spindle, and consisting of various kinds of trap in curious aggregations and juxtapositions, has so remarkable an outline as to form a striking object.Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "an estate, with a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
Administrative units: | St Andrews ScoP Fife ScoCnty |
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