Kincardine and Deeside
57°01′34″N 3°00′43″W / 57.026°N 3.012°W
Kincardine and Deeside was one of five local government districts in the Grampian region of Scotland. It was created in 1975 and abolished in 1996, when the area was included in the Aberdeenshire council area.
History
[edit]This region is rich in prehistory with numerous megalithic sites, notable in the earliest period of recorded history with several significant Roman sites. The region is also traversed by several ancient trackways across the Grampian Mounth, including the Causey Mounth and Elsick Mounth.[1] In addition there is evidence of ancient burials from the Beaker Period.[2]
The district was created on 16 May 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Kincardine and Deeside was one of five districts created within the Grampian region. The district covered most of the historic county of Kincardineshire and part of the neighbouring county of Aberdeenshire. The new district covered the whole area of ten former districts and parts of another two, which were all abolished at the same time:[3][4]
From Aberdeenshire
From Kincardineshire
- Banchory burgh
- Inverbervie burgh
- Laurencekirk burgh
- Laurencekirk district
- Lower Deeside district (except the parish of Nigg, which went to the City of Aberdeen[a])
- St Cyrus district
- Stonehaven burgh
- Stonehaven district
- Upper Deeside district
Places of interest
[edit]- Dunnottar Castle
- Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve
- Muchalls Castle
- Portlethen Moss
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ C.M. Hogan, 2007
- ^ A. Small, 1988
- ^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 22 November 2022
- ^ "Quarter-inch Administrative Areas Maps of Scotland, Sheet 5: Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Morayshire and Nairnshire, 1969". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Aberdeen Corporation Act 1891" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "'Greater Aberdeen' now in being". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 30 May 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Aberdeen Extension Order Confirmation Act 1970". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- C. Michael Hogan (2007) Elsick Mounth, The Megalithic Portal, ed A. Burnham
- A. Small, Margaret Bruce and Ian A.G. Shepherd (1988) A Beaker Child Burial from Catterline, Kincardine and Deeside, Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotland 118: 71-77
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